From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 4 06:45:17 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 749531065689 for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2008 06:45:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.96]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 597018FC12 for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2008 06:45:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.12]) by QMTA09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id NWR71a00D0FhH24A9WlGV9; Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:45:16 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id NWlF1a0042P6wsM8UWlF94; Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:45:16 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=XPnklGsh4WwA:10 a=9ftUDdrMYeIA:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=dI_ydUtoqwCplCWFN0gA:9 a=vvmyEHEgjah_bKnbZ3OwsAEMuPUA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=SV7veod9ZcQA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6B24EC9419; Fri, 3 Oct 2008 23:45:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 23:45:15 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Michael Scheidell Message-ID: <20081004064515.GA48654@icarus.home.lan> References: <48E66ACE.7060702@secnap.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48E66ACE.7060702@secnap.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: satz@iranger.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel 6300ESB SATA150 cannot find disk or boot under 6.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:45:17 -0000 On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 02:56:14PM -0400, Michael Scheidell wrote: > Amazingly, this has been going on after a switch from 6.2 (which worked) > to 6.3. > lots of people have reported it, and we accidentally fixed it (but we > can't find documentation on what we fixed). > > it also doesn't work on 7.0 either. > here is a dmsg for a 6.3 one that accidentally works. > (i have a kernel that works), tech playing around with it months ago > can't remember if he used 6.2 drivers or found an obscure patch. > > Now that 5.5 is EOL, and we can't get ports for 5.5, it might be > important for freebsd folks (in their spare time after 7.1 and 6.4 beta) > to fix this. > > or, at least to fix it in 6.4. > > Yes, DELL 750, worked fine in 5.5 (lots of 5.5 systems I can't upgrade). > suggestions that we replace the (faulty?) hard disk controller cause lots > of problems. > Its a different tech (more expensive) in the field that has to replace > hardware, vs the one who can plug in a 6.3 CD rom and passively watch an > automated upgrade. A few questions: 1) What does "accidentally works" mean? 2) Do I understand you correctly: 6300ESB works on FreeBSD 5.5 and 6.2, "accidentally works" on 6.3, but does not work on 7.0? 3) Have you tried 7.1-PRERELEASE? I make no promises, but additional confirmation would be helpful. ftp://ftp4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200809/ 4) Have you contacted the ata(4) author, Soren Schmidt about this driver regression? 5) Is there a PR open on this matter, or have you filed one? -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |