Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 14:06:17 -0500 From: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: Ville Lundberg <freebsd@juiceless.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Promise SATAII150 TX2plus ok for 6.0? Message-ID: <43E4FB29.1070708@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <ef10de9a0602032238k393407a0x9bab219f5592964b@mail.gmail.com> References: <43E0D226.3050406@juiceless.net> <ef10de9a0602032238k393407a0x9bab219f5592964b@mail.gmail.com>
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Nikolas Britton wrote: > On 2/1/06, Ville Lundberg <freebsd@juiceless.net> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> being quite fed up with the crappy Sil3512 SATA-controller on my >> mainboard (write_dma timeouts, and just when I thought 6.0-release fixed >> it, "setfeatures set transfer mode semaphore timeout"-messages is >> filling my screens), I'm looking after good replacements. Browsing the >> web and the mailing list archives, Promise cards have been praised. I >> could get my hands on a SATAII150 TX2plus, anyone having good/bad >> experiences with such a card? >> >> > > After I patched my FreeBSD 5.4 server with the ata-mkIII patches my > FastTrak TX2300 worked fine. Those patches are in FreeBSD 6 now. I'm > not sure if the RAID rebuild stuff is working yet in FreeBSD 6, I have > not updated that system yet, but you can always rebuild the array from > the BIOS. > > The Bad: > This card does not play nice with other RAID controllers, esp. cards > from other companies. This card would hang my server at POST if I had > my HighPoint SATA-II RAID 5 card installed. Dealing with Promise's > tech support dude was bad, very bad. On the other hand when I spoke > with one of HighPoint's tech's (5pm on a Friday) he was both friendly > and competent, about 5 minutes in we had the problem with the Promise > card solved. > I've experienced the "setfeatures..." problem with the TX2300, with 2 different FreeBSD versions: latest -CURRENT (after installing an updated kernel, when beginning installworld, "setfeatures..." messages repeat until a hard reboot), and an up-to-date -CURRENT userland with kernel from December 8th 2005. (That setup worked until I got a system hang trying to run glxgears with an ATI R300 card. Afterward, when bootup got to the point of fs checking, "setfeatures..." ad infinitum again.) So far, -CURRENT userland and kernel from December 8th are working OK, but I haven't done anything to unduly stress the system. Jud
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