Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 13:58:59 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org>, Steve Polyack <korvus@comcast.net>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem detecting Sil3124 SATA controllers off of Sandy Bridge northbridge-connected PCIe slots Message-ID: <201208021358.59897.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <501A8CE0.4000800@comcast.net> References: <501A8CE0.4000800@comcast.net>
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On Thursday, August 02, 2012 10:21:20 am Steve Polyack wrote: > Hi, > > We're having some trouble with detection of a couple of Sil3124 SATA > controller cards on newer motherboard and processor combos. > Specifically, we're running a Supermicro X9SCM-F motherboard (latest > BIOS) and Intel E3-1220v2 CPU. > > What we're seeing: > - Syba Sil3124 PCIe cards are only being detected when installed in PCIe > Slot 4 > -- The motherboard documentation shows that this is the only slot > connected to the Intel C202/204 chipset on the motherboard > -- Slots 5, 6, and 7 are connected to the integrated northbridge on the > Ivy Bridge CPU > (there is no slot 1, 2, or 3) > > FreeBSD won't detect even a single Sil3124 card installed in PCIe slot > 5, 6, or 7. If we put an Intel Dual-port NIC in either of one of these > slots, it is detected just fine. > > I've attached a verbose dmesg.boot from this box running FreeBSD > 9.0-RELEASE. We've also tried 8.1-RELEASE, 8.2-RELEASE, and 9.1-BETA1 > with the same results. Booting with ACPI disabled results in a kernel > panic during the boot process. > > I'd greatly appreciate any help or suggestions on this matter. We've > already tried just about every BIOS option on the board. Does the device show up in pciconf -l output? -- John Baldwin
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