Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:22:38 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@freebsd.org> To: "James R. Van Artsdalen" <james-freebsd-current@jrv.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD -CURRENT sata port multiplier support functional yet? Message-ID: <226981FE-F27C-4C5F-8112-90213E45E99A@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <493F887D.7000705@jrv.org> References: <493F887D.7000705@jrv.org>
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On 10Dec, 2008, at 10:14 , James R. Van Artsdalen wrote: > Is FreeBSD -CURRENT sata port multiplier support functional yet? > > I just tried the 8.0-CURRENT-200812-amd64-dvd1.iso snapshot on a Dell > 435MT (Core i7) with a generic Silicon Image 3132 card (three =20 > different > cards actually) and two Sans Digital eSATA enclosures that were tested > to work OK with a Macintosh before & after the FreeBSD test. > > It appears the port multiplier is detected but that FreeBSD is not =20 > able > to probe the disks behind the port multiplier. I works in some setups but not all, seems PM's even with the same ID =20 and revision are not created equal, so we still have the fine mess to =20= find out things as we did in the old days. I have a setup with SiI chips that works with one PM but fails on 2 =20 others, all three PM's use the same chip (ID and rev), go figure :) I'll get it fixed eventually, but spare time is sparse -S=F8ren=
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