From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 5 03:08:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C98016A403 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 03:08:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6E3B13C468 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 03:08:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HZIKg-0003MX-1B for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:08:18 +0200 Received: from nv-65-160-211-56.dhcp.embarqhsd.net ([65.160.211.56]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:08:18 +0200 Received: from jvk-list by nv-65-160-211-56.dhcp.embarqhsd.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:08:18 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Joe Kraft Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:09:37 -0400 Lines: 41 Message-ID: <46146871.3010309@thekrafts.org> References: <20070330024351.GB48894@upful.org> <20070331163428.GA91014@upful.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: nv-65-160-211-56.dhcp.embarqhsd.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) In-Reply-To: <20070331163428.GA91014@upful.org> Sender: news Cc: a.anderson@utoronto.ca Subject: Re: Marvell 88SE61xx 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, 05 Apr 2007 03:08:21 -0000 Alexander Anderson wrote: > Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 10:43:51 PM, Alexander Anderson wrote: >> Hello. >> I'm installing FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on a brand new system with Intel >> D975XBX2 board. It seems that FreeBSD does not support the onboard Marvell >> 88SE6145 SATA controller. Could someone confirm this? >> >> At first, when I tried to boot the installation CD, the loader hung very >> early in the process with the message "BTX halted". But when I went to the >> BIOS and disabled "Secondary SATA controller" (in Advanced, Peripheral >> Configuration), the CD booted and the install began alright. > > [snip] > >> Now that I figured out what was causing the "BTX halted" error, I'm going >> to complete the installation, and then try to enable the Marvell >> controller back. Let's see if that works. > > No one seems to have replied ...but I'll draw the summary, anyway. > > The installation has completed successfully with Marvell 88SE6145 SATA > RAID controller disabled. When I go to BIOS and enable it back, the system > still boots, but dmesg shows no sign of Marvell's presence. > > I'm still not sure if the controller is just not configured correctly or > if it is not supported under FreeBSD at all, however, I'm leaning towards > the latter. > I ran into the same problem with my installation on the same mobo. I didn't have to disable the controller or anything, but there needs to be a SATA drive connected to port 0 of the controller or SYSINSTALL bombs with the BTX halted failure. I vaguely remember something on this list a few months back about that in general, not specifically with this mobo. I don't remember about the Marvell controller, if it showed up or not. It seems it did though, but I might have added something to GENERIC for it. I'm on the road for a while, but if you're still interested I'll look when I get home. Joe Kraft.