From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 20 23:20:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D7BB16A421 for ; Sun, 20 May 2007 23:20:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steveo@barchart.com) Received: from hermes.barchart.com (ns1.barchart.com [69.211.177.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38F6013C46E for ; Sun, 20 May 2007 23:20:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steveo@barchart.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hermes.barchart.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1A8AF0009 for ; Sun, 20 May 2007 17:51:16 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at barchart.com Received: from hermes.barchart.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hermes.barchart.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id MJlWn5hoOvWF for ; Sun, 20 May 2007 17:51:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: by hermes.barchart.com (Postfix, from userid 593) id EAFFBF000C; Sun, 20 May 2007 17:51:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from 75.142.4.103 (SquirrelMail authenticated user steve2) by webmail.uschartco.com with HTTP; Sun, 20 May 2007 17:51:15 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <33185.75.142.4.103.1179701475.squirrel@webmail.uschartco.com> Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 17:51:15 -0500 (CDT) From: "Steve O'Connor" To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: LSI Logic error X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: steveo@barchart.com List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 23:20:12 -0000 To whom it may concern. I just built FreeBsd 6.2 on my new IBM server. This is the error I am getting. It caused a system crash over the weekend. da0 at mpt0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device da0: 300.000MB/s transfers, Tagged Queueing Enabled da0: 34332MB (70311936 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 4376C) SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a WARNING: / was not properly dismounted WARNING: /tmp was not properly dismounted WARNING: /usr was not properly dismounted /usr: mount pending error: blocks 188 files 0 WARNING: /var was not properly dismounted /var: mount pending error: blocks 25064 files 676 bge0: link state changed to UP mpt0: QUEUE FULL EVENT: Bus 0x00 Target 0x01 Depth 65 mpt0: QUEUE FULL EVENT: Bus 0x00 Target 0x05 Depth 65 mpt0: QUEUE FULL EVENT: Bus 0x00 Target 0x05 Depth 65 From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 21 20:41:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C720616A421 for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 20:41:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8851113C457 for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 20:41:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spam.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id E73E12084; Mon, 21 May 2007 22:18:34 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Tests: AWL X-Spam-Learn: disabled X-Spam-Score: 0.0/3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on tim.des.no Received: from dwp.des.no (des.no [80.203.243.180]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7106B2083; Mon, 21 May 2007 22:18:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: by dwp.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5A05C5781; Mon, 21 May 2007 22:18:34 +0200 (CEST) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: Mike Jakubik References: <464E5882.1050105@rogers.com> Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 22:18:34 +0200 In-Reply-To: <464E5882.1050105@rogers.com> (Mike Jakubik's message of "Fri\, 18 May 2007 21\:53\:06 -0400") Message-ID: <86iramgcbp.fsf@dwp.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Charles Sprickman , hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended SATA controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 20:41:46 -0000 Mike Jakubik writes: > I find that the Intel series (ICH) controllers are solid and have good > support (i.e. Hot swap) Intel's SATA controllers are not available as add-on cards. "ICH" is short for "I/O Controller Hub", i.e. the motherboard's south bridge. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 21 20:46:24 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F13516A41F for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 20:46:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ben@altesco.nl) Received: from altus-escon.com (altesco.xs4all.nl [80.126.48.53]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0445A13C4C5 for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 20:46:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ben@altesco.nl) Received: from [10.0.0.5] (stuyts.xs4all.nl [80.126.99.173]) by altus-escon.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l4LKStFS028030; Mon, 21 May 2007 22:29:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ben@altesco.nl) In-Reply-To: <200705191056.25359.groot@kde.org> References: <200705191056.25359.groot@kde.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <7EEE81A5-4D8D-46FB-87C8-D192C7B55EE7@altesco.nl> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Ben Stuyts Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 22:28:49 +0200 To: Adriaan de Groot X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (altus-escon.com [193.78.231.42]); Mon, 21 May 2007 22:29:00 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.90.2/3276/Mon May 21 19:44:12 2007 on earth.altus-escon.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on earth.altus-escon.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended SATA controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 20:46:24 -0000 On 19 May 2007, at 10:56, Adriaan de Groot wrote: > On Saturday 19 May 2007 01:34:01 Charles Sprickman wrote: >> Looking to spend under $70 or so, which I'm guessing is a pretty high >> ceiling for a non-RAID card. > > Various Promise controllers (TX2, TX4, 4302) fall in the high end > of that > range, as do (PCI 2-port) SiI 3112 controllers. There's also the > SiI 3124 > (PCI-X 4-port) and SiI 3132 (PCIe x1 2-port) but those are in - > CURRENT only > or you need to MFC them yourself (I can give you a tarball of that, > but > obviously those are all way off the supported track). Those SiI > cards will go > for about $30, I think. I'd vote against a TX2 or SIL3112 based solution on FreeBSD-6: TX2: I can't get my system to boot with the TX2plus card, as BTX crashes. (Reported here, but unfortunately no solution found.) SIL3112: My mainboard (GA-8KNXP) has an onboard SIL3112 controller, and it is useless. It locks up randomly. Maybe I should try my luck with a 3ware card. Ben From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 21 22:16:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C42A616A41F for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 22:16:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rick@kiwi-computer.com) Received: from kiwi-computer.com (keira.kiwi-computer.com [63.224.10.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 48D1B13C44C for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 22:16:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rick@kiwi-computer.com) Received: (qmail 86391 invoked by uid 2001); 21 May 2007 22:19:41 -0000 Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 17:19:41 -0500 From: "Rick C. Petty" To: Adriaan de Groot Message-ID: <20070521221941.GB86033@keira.kiwi-computer.com> References: <200705191056.25359.groot@kde.org> <7EEE81A5-4D8D-46FB-87C8-D192C7B55EE7@altesco.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7EEE81A5-4D8D-46FB-87C8-D192C7B55EE7@altesco.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended SATA controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: rick-freebsd@kiwi-computer.com List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 22:16:46 -0000 On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:28:49PM +0200, Ben Stuyts wrote: > > I'd vote against a TX2 or SIL3112 based solution on FreeBSD-6: > > TX2: I can't get my system to boot with the TX2plus card, as BTX > crashes. (Reported here, but unfortunately no solution found.) > > SIL3112: My mainboard (GA-8KNXP) has an onboard SIL3112 controller, > and it is useless. It locks up randomly. I recommend almost the opposite-- the Promise TX4 cards seem pretty nice, and under moderate loads I don't see any problems. However, I still haven't located the issue with dropped drives being able to be reprobed. As far as the Sil3112 chips go, I'm using them everywhere and they work quite well. Sometimes less is more. I suspect those random lockups are related to the mainboard and not the chip itself, but others have reported problems with these chips-- I have yet to witness any of the reported problems. -- Rick C. Petty From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 21 22:28:31 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D60D416A400 for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 22:28:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from narr@narr.rts.spb.ru) Received: from narr.rts.spb.ru (narr.rts.spb.ru [212.176.220.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B21113C46C for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 22:28:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from narr@narr.rts.spb.ru) Received: from narr.rts.spb.ru (localhost.rts.spb.ru [127.0.0.1]) by narr.rts.spb.ru (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l4LLuAeM029841; Tue, 22 May 2007 01:56:11 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from narr@narr.rts.spb.ru) Received: (from narr@localhost) by narr.rts.spb.ru (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l4LLu9ZP029836; Tue, 22 May 2007 01:56:10 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from narr) Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 01:56:09 +0400 From: Anton To: Charles Sprickman Message-ID: <20070521215609.GA28721@narr.rts.spb.ru> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=4.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE autolearn=failed version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on narr.rts.spb.ru Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended SATA controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 22:28:31 -0000 On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 06:06:44PM -0400, Charles Sprickman wrote: > > I have a fairly nice dual-xeon Supermicro 1U that needs some parts. It > has onboard PATA and I'd like to throw some SATA drives in and get an SATA > backplane for it (machine has hot swap bays, it's missing any sort of > backplane). > > I'll need to put some kind of SATA controller in there. What can I buy > that's known to be very stable under 6.2? I recall that in the past some > onboard SATA controllers were a little sketchy... I had fought with some controllers for about 4 month, so I just can tell about my experience. SIL3112 - doesnt work with more than 1 disk. Promise FastTrak TX2300: in 5.*-branch it works worse than SIL3112, it reboot or freezing system. But! At 6.1 I really can sleep well. It works, nice and quiet, for now: atapci0: port 0xdc00-0xdc7f,0xd800-0xd8ff mem 0xff8ff000-0xff8fffff,0xff8c0000-0xff8dffff irq 18 at device 2.0 on pci1 uname: FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p11 FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p11 #0: Wed Dec 20 21:48:32 MSK 2006 uptime: 1:43 up 151 days, 14:16, 5 users Constantly read: 1,5Mbytes (10Mbps upload almost 24/7) for all this time. I dont go to 6.2 yet, so I'm not sure, how it will be on it. That for cheap controllers. As for more price: amr0: Firmware 713N, BIOS G119, 64MB RAM Works without *any* troubles 102 days from last reboot + 1,5 year until last reboot =) 6 drives, mysql... but price surely different =) -- Anton From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 21 22:37:49 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3530B16A484 for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 22:37:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Received: from ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA2E613C447 for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 22:37:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.14,562,1170595800"; d="scan'208";a="92699348" Received: from ppp100-124.static.internode.on.net (HELO mail.biocentral-labs.com) ([150.101.100.124]) by ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 22 May 2007 08:07:47 +0930 Received: from [192.168.0.93] (port=54652 helo=bofh.spyderweb.com.au) by mail.biocentral-labs.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.66 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1HqGVa-0003EH-4K; Tue, 22 May 2007 08:07:46 +0930 Message-ID: <46521F23.7050409@spyderweb.com.au> Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 08:07:23 +0930 From: Tim Aslat User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070507) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adriaan de Groot References: <200705191056.25359.groot@kde.org> In-Reply-To: <200705191056.25359.groot@kde.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "mail.biocentral-labs.com", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see The administrator of that system for details. Content preview: In the immortal words of Adriaan de Groot on 05/19/07 18:26: > Various Promise controllers (TX2, TX4, 4302) fall in the high end of that > range, as do (PCI 2-port) SiI 3112 controllers. There's also the SiI 3124 > (PCI-X 4-port) and SiI 3132 (PCIe x1 2-port) but those are in -CURRENT only > or you need to MFC them yourself (I can give you a tarball of that, but > obviously those are all way off the supported track). Those SiI cards will go > for about $30, I think. [...] Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -1.8 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended SATA controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 22:37:49 -0000 In the immortal words of Adriaan de Groot on 05/19/07 18:26: > Various Promise controllers (TX2, TX4, 4302) fall in the high end of that > range, as do (PCI 2-port) SiI 3112 controllers. There's also the SiI 3124 > (PCI-X 4-port) and SiI 3132 (PCIe x1 2-port) but those are in -CURRENT only > or you need to MFC them yourself (I can give you a tarball of that, but > obviously those are all way off the supported track). Those SiI cards will go > for about $30, I think. I'm running (well, trying to) the TX2 card from Promise but I've had no end of trouble lately with it losing drives. I'm actually suspecting the mainboard as the board has been suspect for some time, but since this is a backup server I was hoping I might have gotten away with it. Alas, in the gmirror raid configuration I have, I regularly lose at least one and sometimes both drives, and my only option is to power off the machine and restart. This problem has been getting progressively worse now over the past couple of weeks, and I'm not sure if it's the controller or the mainboard. Anyone else having this problem? Incidentally, the machine is running a reasonably recent version of FreeNAS (based on 6.2 Release) 1G Ram and p4 CPU. I don't know offhand the mainboard spec but I can find out if it's needed. Hopefully someone can tell me it's the mainboard rather than the controller, since it's going to be easier getting a new mainboard. Cheers Tim -- Tim Aslat Spyderweb Consulting http://www.spyderweb.com.au Mobile: +61 0401088479 From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 21 23:03:13 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCB1616A4A0 for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 23:03:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Received: from ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F47F13C43E for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 23:03:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.14,562,1170595800"; d="scan'208";a="92707960" Received: from ppp100-124.static.internode.on.net (HELO mail.biocentral-labs.com) ([150.101.100.124]) by ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 22 May 2007 08:33:12 +0930 Received: from [192.168.0.93] (port=53578 helo=bofh.spyderweb.com.au) by mail.biocentral-labs.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.66 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1HqGuA-0003J3-8B for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 May 2007 08:33:11 +0930 Message-ID: <46522517.8080100@spyderweb.com.au> Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 08:32:47 +0930 From: Tim Aslat User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070507) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org References: <200705191056.25359.groot@kde.org> <46521F23.7050409@spyderweb.com.au> <465224DC.8010703@rcn.com> In-Reply-To: <465224DC.8010703@rcn.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "mail.biocentral-labs.com", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see The administrator of that system for details. Content preview: In the immortal words of Gary Corcoran on 05/22/07 08:31: > I've had drives go bad, such that upon powerup, the Promise controller BIOS > wouldn't even see the drive. And later, as the drive got closer to death, > it started making the *other* drive on the same IDE cable also "fail". > Removing the dying/dead drive from the cable made the other drive work > again. [...] Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -1.8 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Subject: Re: Recommended SATA controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 23:03:13 -0000 In the immortal words of Gary Corcoran on 05/22/07 08:31: > I've had drives go bad, such that upon powerup, the Promise controller BIOS > wouldn't even see the drive. And later, as the drive got closer to death, > it started making the *other* drive on the same IDE cable also "fail". > Removing the dying/dead drive from the cable made the other drive work > again. I've taken the drives out and hooked them up to a different connector (external USB2) and they work flawlessly, they are also only about 3 months old and quite underused as the machine they are in spends more time offline than online. > I'd look into the possible need to replace one of your disk drives... I'm quite sure the drives are fine. It's either an incompatibility with the FreeBSD & the promise card, or the mainboard is actually on its last legs. I'm going to have to see if I can chase up another board today and see if that helps. Cheers Tim -- Tim Aslat Spyderweb Consulting http://www.spyderweb.com.au Mobile: +61 0401088479 From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 21 23:25:58 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A846616A41F for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 23:25:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gcorcoran@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 699AB13C43E for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 23:25:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gcorcoran@rcn.com) Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 21 May 2007 18:57:13 -0400 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.8.3-GA) with ESMTP id NIP04608; Mon, 21 May 2007 18:57:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 207-172-55-230.c3-0.tlg-ubr5.atw-tlg.pa.cable.rcn.com (HELO [10.56.78.161]) ([207.172.55.230]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 21 May 2007 18:57:08 -0400 Message-ID: <465224DC.8010703@rcn.com> Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 19:01:48 -0400 From: Gary Corcoran User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tim Aslat References: <200705191056.25359.groot@kde.org> <46521F23.7050409@spyderweb.com.au> In-Reply-To: <46521F23.7050409@spyderweb.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Cc: Adriaan de Groot , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended SATA controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 23:25:58 -0000 Tim Aslat wrote: > In the immortal words of Adriaan de Groot on 05/19/07 18:26: >> Various Promise controllers (TX2, TX4, 4302) fall in the high end of >> that range, as do (PCI 2-port) SiI 3112 controllers. There's also the >> SiI 3124 (PCI-X 4-port) and SiI 3132 (PCIe x1 2-port) but those are in >> -CURRENT only or you need to MFC them yourself (I can give you a >> tarball of that, but obviously those are all way off the supported >> track). Those SiI cards will go for about $30, I think. > > I'm running (well, trying to) the TX2 card from Promise but I've had no > end of trouble lately with it losing drives. I'm actually suspecting > the mainboard as the board has been suspect for some time, but since > this is a backup server I was hoping I might have gotten away with it. > > Alas, in the gmirror raid configuration I have, I regularly lose at > least one and sometimes both drives, and my only option is to power off > the machine and restart. This problem has been getting progressively > worse now over the past couple of weeks, and I'm not sure if it's the > controller or the mainboard. > > Anyone else having this problem? I've had drives go bad, such that upon powerup, the Promise controller BIOS wouldn't even see the drive. And later, as the drive got closer to death, it started making the *other* drive on the same IDE cable also "fail". Removing the dying/dead drive from the cable made the other drive work again. > Incidentally, the machine is running a reasonably recent version of > FreeNAS (based on 6.2 Release) 1G Ram and p4 CPU. I don't know offhand > the mainboard spec but I can find out if it's needed. > > Hopefully someone can tell me it's the mainboard rather than the > controller, since it's going to be easier getting a new mainboard. I'd look into the possible need to replace one of your disk drives... Gary From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 22 07:04:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0F5016A41F for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 07:04:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from gidgate.gid.co.uk (gid.co.uk [194.32.164.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69B4613C48A for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 07:04:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from [194.32.164.25] (host-83-146-60-88.bulldogdsl.com [83.146.60.88]) by gidgate.gid.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4M74IuK034144; Tue, 22 May 2007 08:04:18 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) In-Reply-To: <46522517.8080100@spyderweb.com.au> References: <200705191056.25359.groot@kde.org> <46521F23.7050409@spyderweb.com.au> <465224DC.8010703@rcn.com> <46522517.8080100@spyderweb.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <0E38A5C7-A5AE-43FD-A8A3-58568D2F50C7@gid.co.uk> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Bob Bishop Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 08:04:25 +0100 To: Tim Aslat X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended SATA controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 07:04:21 -0000 Hi, On 22 May 2007, at 00:02, Tim Aslat wrote: > In the immortal words of Gary Corcoran on 05/22/07 08:31: > >> I've had drives go bad, such that upon powerup, the Promise >> controller BIOS >> wouldn't even see the drive. And later, as the drive got closer >> to death, >> it started making the *other* drive on the same IDE cable also >> "fail". >> Removing the dying/dead drive from the cable made the other drive >> work again. > > I've taken the drives out and hooked them up to a different > connector (external USB2) and they work flawlessly, they are also > only about 3 months old and quite underused as the machine they are > in spends more time offline than online. > >> I'd look into the possible need to replace one of your disk drives... > > I'm quite sure the drives are fine. It's either an incompatibility > with the FreeBSD & the promise card, or the mainboard is actually > on its last legs. > > > I'm going to have to see if I can chase up another board today and > see if that helps. I've had onboard SATA controller chips go bad and produce all sorts of odd symptoms. I've also had similar problems from other causes. You need to eliminate: - the drives: put them in a known good system and use the manufacturers diagnostic program - the cables: use know good - the power supply: ditto Which leaves memory/CPU/something else on the motherboard. Memory can be tested, but at this point an upgrade may be indicated :-) -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 940 1243 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 940 1295 From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 22 09:03:14 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD8DE16A400 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 09:03:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from V.Konrad@lse.ac.uk) Received: from mail56.messagelabs.com (mail56.messagelabs.com [193.109.254.67]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4F68313C48C for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 09:03:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from V.Konrad@lse.ac.uk) X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: V.Konrad@lse.ac.uk X-Msg-Ref: server-12.tower-56.messagelabs.com!1179822993!123123045!1 X-StarScan-Version: 5.5.12.11; banners=-,-,- X-Originating-IP: [158.143.216.142] Received: (qmail 6391 invoked from network); 22 May 2007 08:36:33 -0000 Received: from lm.lse.ac.uk (HELO EXCHIC2.lse.ac.uk) (158.143.216.142) by server-12.tower-56.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 22 May 2007 08:36:33 -0000 Received: from exchic3.lse.ac.uk ([158.143.216.143]) by EXCHIC2.lse.ac.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 22 May 2007 09:36:43 +0100 Received: from exic4.lse.ac.uk ([158.143.216.121]) by exchic3.lse.ac.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 22 May 2007 09:36:42 +0100 Received: from exic6.lse.ac.uk ([158.143.216.123]) by exic4.lse.ac.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Tue, 22 May 2007 09:36:42 +0100 Received: from whirpool.lse.ac.uk ([158.143.201.19]) by exic6.lse.ac.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Tue, 22 May 2007 09:36:42 +0100 Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 09:36:31 +0100 From: vladimir konrad To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070522093631.63049206@whirpool.lse.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20070521221941.GB86033@keira.kiwi-computer.com> References: <200705191056.25359.groot@kde.org> <7EEE81A5-4D8D-46FB-87C8-D192C7B55EE7@altesco.nl> <20070521221941.GB86033@keira.kiwi-computer.com> Organization: lse X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.2 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_f=HqQxxdxVkHN/Ve/MuV=iu"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 May 2007 08:36:42.0241 (UTC) FILETIME=[52B54F10:01C79C4C] Cc: rick-freebsd@kiwi-computer.com Subject: Re: Recommended SATA controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 09:03:14 -0000 --Sig_f=HqQxxdxVkHN/Ve/MuV=iu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > As far as the Sil3112 chips go, I'm using them everywhere and they > work quite well. Sometimes less is more. are you sure that they are not SiI 3114 ? i had similar discussion on this list a while ago and 3114 was said to be the "good one" and the 3112 the "bad one". vlad --Sig_f=HqQxxdxVkHN/Ve/MuV=iu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGUquP5mQ6ItFTZ8gRAlfFAKCqHkQvt+JRBDu2Ugjb6L2SweJJlwCeMQOm JtI+u+bziI+Z/ZKfvPN5nP4= =jxWU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_f=HqQxxdxVkHN/Ve/MuV=iu-- From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 22 20:04:58 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E27A116A468 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 20:04:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rick@kiwi-computer.com) Received: from kiwi-computer.com (keira.kiwi-computer.com [63.224.10.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 61C2713C4B7 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 20:04:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rick@kiwi-computer.com) Received: (qmail 11084 invoked by uid 2001); 22 May 2007 20:08:06 -0000 Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 15:08:06 -0500 From: "Rick C. Petty" To: vladimir konrad Message-ID: <20070522200806.GA10962@keira.kiwi-computer.com> References: <200705191056.25359.groot@kde.org> <7EEE81A5-4D8D-46FB-87C8-D192C7B55EE7@altesco.nl> <20070521221941.GB86033@keira.kiwi-computer.com> <20070522093631.63049206@whirpool.lse.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070522093631.63049206@whirpool.lse.ac.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended SATA controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: rick-freebsd@kiwi-computer.com List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 20:04:59 -0000 On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 09:36:31AM +0100, vladimir konrad wrote: > > As far as the Sil3112 chips go, I'm using them everywhere and they > > work quite well. Sometimes less is more. > > are you sure that they are not SiI 3114 ? i had similar discussion on > this list a while ago and 3114 was said to be the "good one" > and the 3112 the "bad one". Yup. Just checked the hotstamp on the chip: 3112. Is it possible that some boards which used the 3112 chip were made and that those manufacturing problems have been since fixed? -- Rick C. Petty From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 23 18:33:52 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D529916A475 for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 18:33:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alouest@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9367813C4BD for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 18:33:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alouest@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id m22so279582nzf for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 11:33:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=N8D0xtOT9jgILUMSHiTFsMRk/WHoIA/b9QyvFW7KkdaxdKRWblMmEO8j0BWOVNExdJFuAfvzY4v35G5EQNoRPm7eyrF191qNPnzCygM2/Jj2w/O/W+e9Z58jm16sxMVnA5PF8uAiUpkC9ufmODqxjoAaxR4q4S/IGjmpCpYeP2M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=BAti+4WDMLl5nAhLnANufVce3z5Hc0vTIWMrv4RF4V+cTd7+EySzZ2680Kfu+OlHTDplPrpuFXdVGUcZN2APJYqt4skHuElWzF9UQccERE26B96PG636LzhI9DDoljusktZ3GrVbLEpJECYVbx0siuW+xlJUq89TqOcDqdk9mtY= Received: by 10.114.27.20 with SMTP id a20mr409721waa.1179943727156; Wed, 23 May 2007 11:08:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.102.11 with HTTP; Wed, 23 May 2007 11:08:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 20:08:46 +0200 From: "Jean-Pierre PHILIPPE" To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: motherboard socket am2 with lot of sata II X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 18:33:52 -0000 Hello I'm search a motherboard compatible freebsd 6.2 i386 with socket am2, the maximum of sata II connectors. I want mount a file server with freenas. I found the EPoX EP-MF570SLI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813123005 but is it compatible with freebsd 6.2 i386 ? From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 23 18:50:40 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C271216A400 for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 18:50:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from groot@kde.org) Received: from smeltpunt.science.ru.nl (smeltpunt.science.ru.nl [131.174.16.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B73613C455 for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 18:50:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from groot@kde.org) Received: from adsl-dc-2f63f.adsl.wanadoo.nl [83.116.148.63] (helo=research.englishbreakfastnetwork.org) (authen=adridg) by smeltpunt.science.ru.nl (8.13.7/5.11) with ESMTP id l4NIocCm009993; Wed, 23 May 2007 20:50:38 +0200 (MEST) From: Adriaan de Groot To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 20:51:36 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart10443771.mWVq2uCoUl"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200705232051.41549.groot@kde.org> Cc: Jean-Pierre PHILIPPE Subject: Re: motherboard socket am2 with lot of sata II X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 18:50:40 -0000 --nextPart10443771.mWVq2uCoUl Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 23 May 2007, Jean-Pierre PHILIPPE wrote: > the maximum of sata II connectors. Some kind of RAID card might be useful then, although it costs a fair chunk= of=20 change. 4- and 8-port cards can be had not-too-expensively if you skip on=20 fancy RAID features. But given that your proposed board (below) already has= 8=20 ports ... > I found the EPoX EP-MF570SLI > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=3DN82E16813123005 > but is it compatible with freebsd 6.2 i386 ? The NV570 chipset probably is, ditto for the second SATA controller on ther= e: ata-pci.h:#define ATA_JMB363 0x2363197b #define ATA_NFORCE_MCP55 0x036e10de =2D-=20 These are your friends - Adem GPG: FEA2 A3FE Adriaan de Groot --nextPart10443771.mWVq2uCoUl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGVI04dqzuAf6io/4RAv1pAJ9Gu63hLxzdYQon3UWE7Fw6+xZ+lACfSAlS PXCrzDK9aC/6B4QczvgbyQA= =5vQC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart10443771.mWVq2uCoUl-- From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 24 03:25:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D06A516A468 for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 03:25:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hondascott@comcast.net) Received: from sccrmhc14.comcast.net (sccrmhc14.comcast.net [63.240.77.84]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FB2F13C48C for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 03:25:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hondascott@comcast.net) Received: from barely (c-24-7-164-214.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[24.7.164.214]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc14) with SMTP id <2007052403150501400d7fmae>; Thu, 24 May 2007 03:15:05 +0000 Message-ID: <000501c79db1$bb131270$6401a8c0@barely> From: "scott" To: Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 20:15:06 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: what about highpoint 1640 SATA RAID controller ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 03:25:08 -0000 Hi Eric, you seem to be an expert at raid so I was wondering if you = could answer a question for me. I have a ASUS A7V8X M.B. with 2 sata = drives in stripe mode. The M.B. recently failed and I am wondering how = to retrieve the data. I bought (tried to) a board on ebay but the = company never shipped it Are raid protocols standard so that any MB will = reconfiger my array? Is it chip specific as in hipoint vs promise? Any = help would be awesome. Thanks in advance, Scott H. From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 24 07:59:09 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD3BB16A421 for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 07:59:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from groot@kde.org) Received: from smeltpunt.science.ru.nl (smeltpunt.science.ru.nl [131.174.16.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69D5513C45B for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 07:59:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from groot@kde.org) Received: from adsl-dc-2f63f.adsl.wanadoo.nl [83.116.148.63] (helo=research.englishbreakfastnetwork.org) (authen=adridg) by smeltpunt.science.ru.nl (8.13.7/5.11) with ESMTP id l4O7x7ot012342; Thu, 24 May 2007 09:59:07 +0200 (MEST) From: Adriaan de Groot To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 10:00:06 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <000501c79db1$bb131270$6401a8c0@barely> In-Reply-To: <000501c79db1$bb131270$6401a8c0@barely> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart4759266.dzmxhMMC9A"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200705241000.06545.groot@kde.org> Cc: scott Subject: Re: what about highpoint 1640 SATA RAID controller ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 07:59:09 -0000 --nextPart4759266.dzmxhMMC9A Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 24 May 2007, scott wrote: > Hi Eric, you seem to be an expert at raid so I was wondering if you could > answer a question for me. I have a ASUS A7V8X M.B. with 2 sata drives in > stripe mode. The M.B. recently failed and I am wondering how to retrieve > the data. I bought (tried to) a board on ebay but the company never shipp= ed =46rom the specs that's got some kind of Promise controller onboard. Assumi= ng=20 you used the BIOS to configure the RAID, what you got as "fake raid" which= =20 the ataraid driver handles. All the "RAID" BIOS does is write a RAID=20 signature on the disks, the rest is done in software. I once moved a drive from a Promise-based fake RAID machine to an nVidia=20 machine and ataraid duly recognized that the drive was RAIDed and that it w= as=20 missing its mate. So there's a pretty good chance you can plug both drives= =20 into any FBSD machine and then ataraid will handle it for you. YMMV, not responsible for advice taken, etc. > it Are raid protocols standard so that any MB will reconfiger my array? Is > it chip specific as in hipoint vs promise? Any help would be awesome. The signatures are different, yes. =2D-=20 These are your friends - Adem GPG: FEA2 A3FE Adriaan de Groot --nextPart4759266.dzmxhMMC9A Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGVUYGdqzuAf6io/4RAnn9AKCSAJbXI2eVEy4OVMtJGElvLZPR/ACfVRGi q1Pss+RSnmyjJf2vYfVgePM= =Nq4v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart4759266.dzmxhMMC9A-- From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 24 09:03:57 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8991E16A469 for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 09:03:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from V.Konrad@lse.ac.uk) Received: from mail84.messagelabs.com (mail84.messagelabs.com [195.245.231.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0B4B513C469 for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 09:03:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from V.Konrad@lse.ac.uk) X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: V.Konrad@lse.ac.uk X-Msg-Ref: server-3.tower-84.messagelabs.com!1179997430!22168058!7 X-StarScan-Version: 5.5.10.7.1; banners=-,-,- X-Originating-IP: [158.143.216.142] Received: (qmail 8464 invoked from network); 24 May 2007 09:03:52 -0000 Received: from lm.lse.ac.uk (HELO EXCHIC2.lse.ac.uk) (158.143.216.142) by server-3.tower-84.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 24 May 2007 09:03:52 -0000 Received: from exchic3.lse.ac.uk ([158.143.216.143]) by EXCHIC2.lse.ac.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 24 May 2007 10:03:54 +0100 Received: from exic4.lse.ac.uk ([158.143.216.121]) by exchic3.lse.ac.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 24 May 2007 10:03:54 +0100 Received: from exic6.lse.ac.uk ([158.143.216.123]) by exic4.lse.ac.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Thu, 24 May 2007 10:03:54 +0100 Received: from whirpool.lse.ac.uk ([158.143.201.19]) by exic6.lse.ac.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Thu, 24 May 2007 10:03:54 +0100 Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 10:03:50 +0100 From: vladimir konrad To: rick-freebsd@kiwi-computer.com Message-ID: <20070524100351.1db4f3f1@whirpool.lse.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20070522200806.GA10962@keira.kiwi-computer.com> References: <200705191056.25359.groot@kde.org> <7EEE81A5-4D8D-46FB-87C8-D192C7B55EE7@altesco.nl> <20070521221941.GB86033@keira.kiwi-computer.com> <20070522093631.63049206@whirpool.lse.ac.uk> <20070522200806.GA10962@keira.kiwi-computer.com> Organization: lse X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.2 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Sig_OqArNjoheFVWoj6uvqABJtJ; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 May 2007 09:03:54.0076 (UTC) FILETIME=[742F11C0:01C79DE2] Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended SATA controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 09:03:57 -0000 --Sig_OqArNjoheFVWoj6uvqABJtJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > are you sure that they are not SiI 3114 ? i had similar discussion > > on this list a while ago and 3114 was said to be the "good one" > > and the 3112 the "bad one". >=20 > Yup. Just checked the hotstamp on the chip: 3112. Is it possible > that some boards which used the 3112 chip were made and that those > manufacturing problems have been since fixed? it is possible that both - the hardware and FreeBSD support for it improved to the point, when it makes no difference whether it is 3112 or 3114... (but i am not sure about it) vlad --Sig_OqArNjoheFVWoj6uvqABJtJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGVVT35mQ6ItFTZ8gRAjPKAJ9UahWkvZKOGBR2anW2ZQp3SnbSjACeICex lTTRUluudcDyF7ak4LfblYw= =Wfx8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_OqArNjoheFVWoj6uvqABJtJ-- From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 24 11:32:38 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94A1F16A469 for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 11:32:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cs@schug.net) Received: from schug.net (s0.schug.net [194.97.148.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 583AD13C468 for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 11:32:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cs@schug.net) Received: by schug.net (Postfix, from userid 10000) id 8DFFAC59FB; Thu, 24 May 2007 13:07:11 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 13:07:11 +0200 From: Christoph Schug To: jonathan michaels Message-ID: <20070524110711.GB19316@voodoo.schug.net> References: <20070515150921.13486@caamora.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070515150921.13486@caamora.com.au> Organization: SpaceNet AG User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 OpenPKG/2-STABLE (2006-08-11) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: compaq proliant 1850r X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 11:32:38 -0000 On Tue, May 15, 2007, jonathan michaels wrote: > i have recently aquired a compaq proliant 1850r it has 640 mb dram (i > hape to upgrade this to 4 gb, if this is possible) a PIII 600 mhz cpu > (this to be replace by a pair of xeon 550 mhz PIII, again if possible) [...] > currently it has a problem, freebsd boots and reports all as it shout, > except for an acpi error and an RSVD error bad checksum error (224) ?? Have you tried to disable ACPI? In the boot loader menu choose to boot without ACPI. To make this permanent, add hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" to /boot/loader.conf (it's likely that this file does not exist in your case, so just create it). In general, the 1850R should work with FreeBSD 6.2/i386 as I had such a box up and running til several weeks ago. -cs From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 26 16:42:56 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4C0F16A400 for ; Sat, 26 May 2007 16:42:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from i.freebsd@operation-sensory-overload.com) Received: from fep2.cogeco.net (smtp1.cogeco.ca [216.221.81.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B075613C45D for ; Sat, 26 May 2007 16:42:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from i.freebsd@operation-sensory-overload.com) Received: from [192.168.86.5] (d36-80-57.home1.cgocable.net [24.36.80.57]) by fep2.cogeco.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E40661A for ; Sat, 26 May 2007 12:08:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <46585B1A.2090703@operation-sensory-overload.com> Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 12:06:50 -0400 From: Ian Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: isp driver and Qlogic 2200F compatibility X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 16:42:56 -0000 I'm looking for a disk controller to run a Dell PowerVault 660F SAN storage array on my FreeBSD 6.2 server. From what I've seen, the Qlogic 2200 is the card I need. I was wondering if the 2200F version of the card is supported by the isp driver since it seems to be more common on eBay and costs significantly less. Please CC me as I am not subscribed to the list.