Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:26:48 +1300 From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> To: Peter Hoskin <peterh@criten.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with PCI SATA Controller Message-ID: <43D1C618.50205@paradise.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <43D1B8E1.6040905@criten.org> References: <43D1B8E1.6040905@criten.org>
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Peter Hoskin wrote: > Hi, > > I've had a number of problems with this card. Please note I'm not using > this as a RAID card. > > atapci0@pci1:3:0: class=0x010400 card=0x61121095 chip=0x31121095 > rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Silicon Image Inc (Was: CMD Technology Inc)' > device = 'SiI 3112 SATALink/SATARaid Controller' > class = mass storage > subclass = RAID > > Under FreeBSD 5, it'd continually generate timeout - WRITE_DMA errors > which would make the disks operate really slow... I found many others to > be having the same issue and they recommended dropping back to PIO > mode... seems I cannot do that on this card. > > Under FreeBSD 6-BETA5, I never managed to get it installed... was > getting an error DANGER WILL ROBINSON > > Under FreeBSD 6-RELEASE, I wasn't able to install with multiple disk > slices which I have attempted several times for the machine to lock up > when it gets to 28% copied each time. I ended up partitioning as a > single slice and strangely this worked. However, it seems whenever there > is a bit of disk activity the machine locks up just after dumping the > error ata2: DISCONNECT requested > Strangely this seems to happen everytime if I begin accessing both disks > I have attached to this controller at once. > > Unfortunately the sii 3112 is a bit of a horror....numerous people have experienced issues with it (web search on "sii 3112 data corruption" makes quite interesting reading). I seem to recall a posting suggesting that some success might be had with just 1 SATA channel (i.e 1 disk) attached, however I can't find it offhand. Cheers Mark
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