Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:20:15 GMT From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@FreeBSD.ORG> To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/75387: [ata] feature request: support of Promise SATAII150 TX4 wanted Message-ID: <200511162220.jAGMKFj5058800@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/75387; it has been noted by GNATS. From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG, sebastian.holmqvist@gmail.com Subject: Re: i386/75387: [ata] feature request: support of Promise SATAII150 TX4 wanted Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:12:47 +0100 On 14/11/2005, at 21:44, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > My new SATA300 TX2plus is now working thanks to the very simple =20 > trick found > at: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware/2005-October/=20 > 002893.html > > Just use `pciconf -lv' to find the card's ID (card=3D...) and add it =20= > to the > ata-driver's table cloning an entry, that is the closest match. > > Yes, it only makes it work at SATA150 speeds. But it is soo much =20 > better, than > not work at all, that I'm happy. The disk is really a bottleneck =20 > anyway. > > The PR is 13 months old now. That even the simple work-around patch =20= > is not in > the tree, is a bloody shame... > > -mi > <ata-id.diff> Hmm, in 6.0 and current the SATA2 promise chips are supported, =20 however 3Gb is untested as I have no such equipment here. However, =20 your chipid is unknown to me but you coud try to add it like the =20 pdc40718/719 and let me know if that works. I'll ask promise about that chip, can you verify the chip type by =20 reading whats printed on its back please ? S=F8ren Schmidt sos@FreeBSD.org
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