From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 14 11:24:04 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 262BE16A41C for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:24:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonathan@fluent.ltd.uk) Received: from smtp001.apm-internet.net (smtp001.apm-internet.net [62.3.206.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8FD0C43D1F for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:24:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonathan@fluent.ltd.uk) Received: (qmail 94208 invoked from network); 14 Jun 2005 11:24:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO JONATHAN) (62.3.196.98) by smtp001.apm-internet.net with SMTP; 14 Jun 2005 11:24:00 -0000 Message-ID: <003601c570d3$8f51cbc0$62c4033e@JONATHAN> From: "Jonathan Gilpin" To: Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:23:59 +0100 Organization: Fluent Ltd MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Subject: Netcell SyncRaid SR3000/SR5000 FreeBSD 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, 14 Jun 2005 11:24:04 -0000 Hi've aquired a Netcell sync raid card and I've tried to install FreeBSD 5.4 on it. Its the amd64 branch. When the machine boots I get errors like this: Failure - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER timed out The raid array does appear to be detected however when I use the fisk utility durring the installation it complains about the drive geometry. FreeBSD detects: Cyl/Hd/Sect 94415/255/63 The utility suggests using 911534/104/16 I agree to this and it then says that this suggest geometry is invalid. I continue and when it comes to make the new file system it gives the time out errors above and then complains it cannot write to the disk. Communication with Netcell produced the following: "I wanted to give you an update about the drive geometry value question. I spoke with our CTO today, and he indicates that drive geometry values are an old style of extremely low level calls to the hard drive that are no longer used by most modern operating systems, who now generally use LBA addressing. If FreeBSD is trying to make drive geometry calls through the generic hard drive driver to our card, we will be unable to translate them appropriately. If this is correct, than in order to work on FreeBSD we would need to write a driver that will be able to translate the calls appropriately, as indicated in this documentation about SCSI controllers http://www.infran.ru/TechInfo/BSD/handbook116.html. " my questions... I really need to get this card working on FreeBSD. Is there anyone on this list who can give me some guidence as to what information Netcell would need to produce this driver? Are there any coders working with FreeBSD that would help produce this driver? Are there any work arounds or quick fixes that can be tried to get things working? Jonathan