From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 27 01:39:25 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 E8B6116A419 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:39:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 866DA13C459 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:39:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from phobos.samsco.home (phobos.samsco.home [192.168.254.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l8R1dLKS066089; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:39:22 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <46FB09C5.9080506@samsco.org> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:39:17 -0600 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070802 SeaMonkey/1.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?St=E5le_Kristoffersen?= References: <46A7B47F.3050300@berkeley.edu> <46A7B607.2070207@samsco.org> <20070927010139.GC22695@eschew.pusen.org> In-Reply-To: <20070927010139.GC22695@eschew.pusen.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]); Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:39:22 -0600 (MDT) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.5 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,DRUGS_PAIN autolearn=failed version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on pooker.samsco.org Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org 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 01:39:26 -0000 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