From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 21 05:27:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 457E716A41F for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2006 05:27:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from markir@paradise.net.nz) Received: from linda-2.paradise.net.nz (bm-2a.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.181]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC3D143D46 for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2006 05:27:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from markir@paradise.net.nz) Received: from smtp-2.paradise.net.nz (tclsnelb1-src-1.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.172]) by linda-2.paradise.net.nz (Paradise.net.nz) with ESMTP id <0ITF00AH1GGRM9@linda-2.paradise.net.nz> for stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:26:51 +1300 (NZDT) Received: from [192.168.1.11] (218-101-29-119.dsl.clear.net.nz [218.101.29.119]) by smtp-2.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 415AAC451BA; Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:26:51 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:26:48 +1300 From: Mark Kirkwood In-reply-to: <43D1B8E1.6040905@criten.org> To: Peter Hoskin Message-id: <43D1C618.50205@paradise.net.nz> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20051106) References: <43D1B8E1.6040905@criten.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with PCI SATA Controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 05:27:47 -0000 Peter Hoskin wrote: > Hi, > > I've had a number of problems with this card. Please note I'm not using > this as a RAID card. > > atapci0@pci1:3:0: class=0x010400 card=0x61121095 chip=0x31121095 > rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Silicon Image Inc (Was: CMD Technology Inc)' > device = 'SiI 3112 SATALink/SATARaid Controller' > class = mass storage > subclass = RAID > > Under FreeBSD 5, it'd continually generate timeout - WRITE_DMA errors > which would make the disks operate really slow... I found many others to > be having the same issue and they recommended dropping back to PIO > mode... seems I cannot do that on this card. > > Under FreeBSD 6-BETA5, I never managed to get it installed... was > getting an error DANGER WILL ROBINSON > > Under FreeBSD 6-RELEASE, I wasn't able to install with multiple disk > slices which I have attempted several times for the machine to lock up > when it gets to 28% copied each time. I ended up partitioning as a > single slice and strangely this worked. However, it seems whenever there > is a bit of disk activity the machine locks up just after dumping the > error ata2: DISCONNECT requested > Strangely this seems to happen everytime if I begin accessing both disks > I have attached to this controller at once. > > Unfortunately the sii 3112 is a bit of a horror....numerous people have experienced issues with it (web search on "sii 3112 data corruption" makes quite interesting reading). I seem to recall a posting suggesting that some success might be had with just 1 SATA channel (i.e 1 disk) attached, however I can't find it offhand. Cheers Mark