Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:18:09 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@DeepCore.dk> Subject: Re: Marvell SATA Support Message-ID: <419B95E1.5030503@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <EE1F2A66-38C3-11D9-BC47-003065A70D30@shire.net> References: <20041116145445.EC71167E2B@gunfright.epcdirect.co.uk> <419B177D.2090206@DeepCore.dk> <419B2CA6.3010401@freebsd.org> <EE1F2A66-38C3-11D9-BC47-003065A70D30@shire.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > > On Nov 17, 2004, at 3:49 AM, Scott Long wrote: > >> Søren Schmidt wrote: >> >>> Lawrence Farr wrote: >>> >>>> Hello All, >>>> >>>> I have a Supermicro P4SCT+ with an onboard Marvell >>>> SATA controller, which also has the Adaptec Hostraid >>>> software raid functionality. Are there any patches to >>>> support the marvell controller as a plain controller >>>> anywhere? >>>> >>>> pciconf output if anyones interested: >>>> >>>> none4@pci2:4:0: class=0x010000 card=0x504111ab chip=0x504111ab rev=0x03 >>>> hdr=0x00 >>>> vendor = 'Marvell Semiconductor (Was: Galileo Technology Ltd)' >>>> device = '88SX504 4-port SATA I PCI-X Controller' >>>> class = mass storage >>>> subclass = SCSI >>> >>> Not yet, but I'm working on it, actually on the exact same board. >>> Maybe, just maybe, you could hack the Highpoint hptmv driver, I >>> havn't tried but unless they put in "tricks" to prohibit that it >>> should work. >> >> >> The hptmv driver only exports raid devices, not single disks, and those >> raid devices have to have HPT metadata on them. The magic here is >> buried in the binary object file along with the Herc programming >> details, so I don't think it'll be possible to get anything useful out >> of it. >> > > uhh, on my system (5.3-STABLE) it exports single disks... I have the > RocketRaid1820A and without configuring ANY RAID devices, I got the 3 > disks showing up and working fine as da0 da1 and da2... > > Chad > > Bah, you're right, I wasn't thinking correctly when I wrote that. Sorry. Scott
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?419B95E1.5030503>