Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:34:05 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> To: "Lynn A. Roth" <lynnr.junk@interactivefs.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems Installing to PowerEdge 850 with SATA Drive Message-ID: <200511082334.jA8NY5u6073542@ambrisko.com> In-Reply-To: <dkqi37$5ul$1@sea.gmane.org>
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Lynn A. Roth writes: | Lynn A. Roth wrote: | > Doug Ambrisko wrote: | > | >> Doug Ambrisko writes: | >> | Doug Ambrisko writes: | >> | | Lynn A. Roth writes: | >> | | | I have two new Dell Poweredge 850 machines. They have an Intel | >> ICH7 | | | chipset. When I boot FreeBSD 6 RC1, the controller is | >> identified, but | | | any drives connected to the SATA ports are not | >> detected. The drive that | | | is included with the system is a | >> Seagate 7200.7 drive. I also tried a | | | Maxtor. | >> | | | | I can confirm the problem on the PE850. I have it working | >> with my | >> | | latest 4.X SATA patches (which I haven't published yet). I might | >> | | be able to look into this. | >> | | | >> Here's a hack to make it work on PE850 with -current: | >> | > <snip> | >> | >> This works for me on my PE850. It shouldn't break other stuff etc. | >> I assume the ICH6 will need the same type of change. | > | > Thanks for this patch. | > Scott from pfSense integrated this into his kernel and it worked great | > for me. | > | > Thanks again. | | Can this be committed sometime to current? I doubt it. Hopefully Soren will add support in some way. Atleast this is a proof of concept of the problem that needs to be implemented. Feel free to follow up with Soren (sos@freebsd.org). Doug A.
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