Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:39:17 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?St=E5le_Kristoffersen?= <staale@kristoffersen.ws> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are SATA port multipliers supported in -CURRENT? Message-ID: <46FB09C5.9080506@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20070927010139.GC22695@eschew.pusen.org> References: <46A7B47F.3050300@berkeley.edu> <46A7B607.2070207@samsco.org> <20070927010139.GC22695@eschew.pusen.org>
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Ståle Kristoffersen wrote: > 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? > It might work with an LSI SAS controller. I still don't have support written for generic SAS/SATA controllers. Scott
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