From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 12 19:56:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D86B106564A; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:56:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mavbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f223.google.com (mail-fx0-f223.google.com [209.85.220.223]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5FCA8FC1B; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:56:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm23 with SMTP id 23so1569831fxm.3 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:56:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=oU0CUS1FEMI/QVx3S6eAYECBgSwhQkjwEgWRzRxviMQ=; b=ktnCD2PiYEt5zMNU1jbFCCFwEqHiKHMOHu1aPOEjck7ib/DssIAAv61Kh/JOjmXy8a XHxcLb9XmE0uwhrBwGfcemIT3rwMNjJwQRtQkyXdjB1Y7trywCHKYSFL/EBrVMZR5bjl IEuuySKsm/yszzKOCrRLz6HrrePaE+vGmX7QA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=ZwP19WlcRTmKRQjVp9UDMkeeRiCFXfuZZ781V00JDJkhruEEHV11p5z39hIj6cKDV7 XtwAukhc1W30y03AAKYc88dmoEG/2Rc0CCzQuiYyPn1QTaNUxOzGoFNYZsPG1a/VxQjJ PE7FQptfqRBAbJN/obTlqI5VZigdOm76IBgUc= Received: by 10.223.76.74 with SMTP id b10mr1574935fak.55.1268423804635; Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:56:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from mavbook.mavhome.dp.ua (s224.GtokyoFL6.vectant.ne.jp [222.228.90.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 14sm1269240fxm.1.2010.03.12.11.56.42 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:56:43 -0800 (PST) Sender: Alexander Motin Message-ID: <4B9A9C77.1030100@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:56:39 +0200 From: Alexander Motin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091212) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pierre Beyssac References: <20100312121409.GA79294@fasterix.frmug.org> <20100312131832.GA54731@icarus.home.lan> <20100312165744.GA86971@fasterix.frmug.org> <20100312170936.GA59343@icarus.home.lan> <4B9A8F14.4030907@FreeBSD.org> <20100312192759.GA91317@fasterix.frmug.org> In-Reply-To: <20100312192759.GA91317@fasterix.frmug.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick Subject: Re: (fixed) Re: 8-STABLE interrupt storm on atapci(?), Dell Inspiron 580 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:56:46 -0000 Pierre Beyssac wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 08:59:32PM +0200, Alexander Motin wrote: >> Except ICH6 Intel uses separate IDs for AHCI and non-AHCI SATA >> controller modes. So this flag is not completely correct. But probably >> it shoudn't be just removed, as it is checked in other place. I know >> about this and going to handle it later. It's not a problem now. > > I was wondering exactly about that given the wording of the Intel > document sent by Jeremy... > >>> http://www.intel.com/Assets/PDF/specupdate/322170.pdf >> Thanks. >> PS: Check BIOS settings for enabling AHCI mode. > > Problem is, I can't find any setting to do that, either it's not > there or it's well hidden. The BIOS is up-to-date. Could it be > possible for Dell to lock the chip in non-AHCI mode? It is BIOS job to configure SATA controller mode. It is difficult to do from driver level and very vendor-specific. Yes, it happens sometimes to see BIOSes without AHCI support. -- Alexander Motin