From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 11 08:37:57 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FD65106566C for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:37:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sfourman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pv0-f182.google.com (mail-pv0-f182.google.com [74.125.83.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E066B8FC12 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:37:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pvg3 with SMTP id 3so3012105pvg.13 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:37:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=qU8KhWNC8X8LGcrKWLIaaK/GzjvUmMhHlqb9ZKYu4l0=; b=Jb1cEbPYSUZlMncHzZUaMZJKTrhlkFqsN+V0d2I+yqTnTBEuTcLswTy20ko2NcZOe+ tyEQwLhdu6BM9QRR/ghMZlBH0GXiZOmkln3odpDVe4vj6rmxeOo1yBuDbI5m5BKb7l32 K8jv1UdKGy2czJALrEFgWb1/3pOqpx1DzHbV0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=cqhfURi63JlCLN1qMnyB75cIL3M2Mkc22z2Nc1fb5NnwyBO9MxbbbL8Q47hzXsV6zd dlIaq9QrvYUQtjOZPegJFGB2QkA7Dt/kANfYgHndwFTmpWTQwuXTYQ4hDBysakxomp3e MWmUuiULDHDGmd+2ibXU1qO20yeaJ++eqp/1c= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.3.27 with SMTP id 27mr1230084wfc.274.1268296676248; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:37:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B98A0B5.4010006@eskk.nu> References: <4B980792.3050103@eskk.nu> <4B981934.9090904@comcast.net> <4B98A0B5.4010006@eskk.nu> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:37:56 -0600 Message-ID: <11167f521003110037o760b6387p58fecb6bfd066b2e@mail.gmail.com> From: "Sam Fourman Jr." To: Leslie Jensen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Steve Polyack , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Silicon Image SiI 3124 and 3132 RAID controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:37:57 -0000 On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:50 AM, Leslie Jensen wrote: > > > On 2010-03-10 23:12, Steve Polyack wrote: >> >> On 03/10/10 15:56, Leslie Jensen wrote: >>> >>> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 8-RELEASE on a machine with an Abit >>> aw8-max MB. This MB has a built in SiI 3132 RAID controller. I also >>> have an addon card with a SiI 3124 RAID controller. >>> >>> The problem is that I can see the 2 disks and the RAID1 set that I >>> want to use for the system if I connect the disks to the built in 3132 >>> controller. But if I connect the disks to the 3124 controller and >>> create a RAID1 set, only the disks can be seen. >>> >>> I need to be able to use both controllers because I've got four disks >>> that I want to build a RAID5 set on one of the controllers. >>> >>> Can anyone shed some light on this. Via Google I've read some articles >>> about these controllers and I'm aware that I might have to rethink >>> because of lacking support for the 3124 controller. >>> >>> I've read in the ata man page that parameters can be added to >>> /boot/device.hints but I'm not sure how to handle this during >>> installation. >>> >>> /Leslie >>> >>> >> Are you using the default ata(4) driver that FreeBSD-8 boots with, or >> are you loading the siis(4) module at boot? If you are using the ata(4) >> driver, you should try enabling the siis(4) driver by placing >> 'siis_load="YES"' in /boot/loader.conf. Beware that the names of your >> disks will transition from ad -> ada and will likely be renumbered as >> well. >> >> The siis(4) driver overall has a much richer feature set. I have several >> 3124 controllers which work great with it, but I have never tried using >> the controllers RAID - I simply use them as disk controllers and then >> pool the disks using ZFS. >> > > > I installed with the 2 disks connected to the controller that was found by > Freebsd. Then I added siis_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf. > Power down the machine and connected 4 drives to the 3124 controller. Upon > restart I created a RAID5 set with the 4 drives in the controllers bios. > Booted into FreeBSD but the RAID5 was not detected only the individual > disks. > > This controller obviously does not work as expected. I need a suggestion on > a not to expensive RAID controller that is supported by FreeBSD so that I > can get the RAID5 set to work. > Thanks > /Leslie there were a bunch of sata and siis commits after the release of 8.0 I would suggest maybe trying RELENG_8