From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 2 14:43:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A36F1065676; Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:43:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rjohanne@piper.hamline.edu) Received: from wnk.hamline.edu (wnk2.hamline.edu [138.192.246.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 029798FC17; Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:43:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wnk.hamline.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by wnk.hamline.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n92Egfjp003685; Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:42:41 -0500 Received: from localhost (rjohanne@localhost) by wnk.hamline.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id n92Egf4S003682; Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:42:41 -0500 Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:42:41 -0500 (CDT) From: R J X-X-Sender: rjohanne@wnk To: spawk In-Reply-To: <4AC54A1F.7020508@acm.poly.edu> Message-ID: References: <4ABB971E.5040709@FreeBSD.org> <4AC515C5.3030504@FreeBSD.org> <4AC54A1F.7020508@acm.poly.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Alexander Motin , freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Sil3512 (sii, SATA) driver on Sun Ultra60/blade 1000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:43:10 -0000 Boris, We are talking about PCI sata controllers working in a sparc64 system. The cards in particular, Sil3512 and Sil3124 are PCI cards. Alex, would remote access to a sparc64 be enough for you test on? We could do some coordinations ofcourse. Robert On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, spawk wrote: > Alexander Motin wrote: >> R J wrote: >> >>>> Have you tried newer SiI3124/3132 cards family with new siis(4) or old >>>> ata(4) driver? >>>> >>> I have tried the Sil3124, but not with the new siis driver. I tried it >>> with the ata driver; I had the card with 4 ports, and when I tried it >>> with ata, it was exhibiting the same behaviour as the Sil3512 card in >>> the ultra 60. >>> >>> But the Sil3124 card died, and not sure how that happened. I still have >>> it, but the system doesn't see it atall. >>> >>> How can I help? I am willing to do testing utilizing the Sil3512 that I >>> have, and if I can get a hold of a working Sil3124, I can test with that >>> too. I could probably provide remote access to a sparc64 box for >>> testing, but I will have to check on that. >>> >>> Let me know how I can help. >>> >> >> It would be nice to have some big-endian system for testing. >> >> > I can definitely provide remote access to a sparc64 machine. The ones I have > are PCI, though. Hopefully there are PCI variants of the hardware you're > testing. > > -Boris > >