From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 27 01:31:25 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACA6216A417 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:31:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from staale@kristoffersen.ws) Received: from smtp.bluecom.no (smtp.bluecom.no [193.75.75.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55F8713C46E for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:31:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from staale@kristoffersen.ws) Received: from eschew.pusen.org (unknown [193.69.145.10]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.bluecom.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 292881700E0 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:01:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from chiller by eschew.pusen.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Iahl5-00033i-VB for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:01:39 +0200 Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:01:39 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?St=E5le?= Kristoffersen To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070927010139.GC22695@eschew.pusen.org> References: <46A7B47F.3050300@berkeley.edu> <46A7B607.2070207@samsco.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <46A7B607.2070207@samsco.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Subject: Re: Are SATA port multipliers supported in -CURRENT? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:31:25 -0000 On 2007-07-25 at 14:43, Scott Long wrote: > Steven Schlansker wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I am considering buying a SiI 3132 SATA card along with a 5-1 port > > multiplier. I'm trying to see if FreeBSD supports such a configuration, > > but the only reference found to port multipliers and FreeBSD was some > > poor, lonely man asking about a "porn multiplier" crashing his system on > > startup. :-p > > The thread trailed off quickly, without resolution. > > > > So my question is: Are port multipliers supported in CURRENT? Are > > there any caveats? I don't see anything in UPDATING, the handbook, or > > our friend Google. I want to check that it is supported before I drop > > $80 on it :) Thanks a bunch! > > Steven > > They are only supported at the moment by controllers that are > intelligent enough to hide the details of how they work from the OS. > The SiI family probably doesn't fall into this category. I'm working > on this as part of a larger SATA/SAS/SCSI/FC overhaul, but it'll be > a few months before there are any results. Whats the status of freebsd's port multiplier support? I'm looking into buying a Norco DS-1220, http://www.norcotek.com/item_detail.php?categoryid=12&modelno=ds1220 (but without the controller) Will it work, and if yes what controllers would it work with? -- Ståle Kristoffersen