Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:01:39 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?St=E5le?= Kristoffersen <staale@kristoffersen.ws> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are SATA port multipliers supported in -CURRENT? Message-ID: <20070927010139.GC22695@eschew.pusen.org> In-Reply-To: <46A7B607.2070207@samsco.org> References: <46A7B47F.3050300@berkeley.edu> <46A7B607.2070207@samsco.org>
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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? -- Ståle Kristoffersen
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