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Date:      Thu, 07 Oct 2004 12:37:23 +0200
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@DeepCore.dk>
To:        Martin Nilsson <martin@gneto.com>
Cc:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: SATA problems with 5.3Beta-7 amd AMD64
Message-ID:  <41651C63.4040703@DeepCore.dk>
In-Reply-To: <4165106C.2020206@gneto.com>
References:  <4165106C.2020206@gneto.com>

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Martin Nilsson wrote:
> Are there any known unfixed problems with SATA disks and ICH5R (RAID no=
t=20
> used) controller.

Not that I know off, I can beat on mine for days without trouble.

> I have the following:
> Supermicro  X6DVA-EG board with Intel E7320 chipset
> 2* Xeon 3GHz with EM64T
> 2* Seagate ST3120026AS 80GB SATA drives.
> FreeBSD 5.3 Beta-7 AMD64

Hmm, I'm not so sure about running the amd64 port on the Xeon though, I=20
dont think we have it verified that it is 100% compatible..

> The machine hangs (actually the disk layer hangs) from time to time wit=
h=20
> a DMA read error. The machine is not in production but as it is now I=20
> have only console access to it for half and hour every evening. Maybe I=
=20
> should bring it home so I can have a good look at what is wrong with it=
=2E
>=20
> What is the best (most supported) way to configure the SATA controller,=
=20
> I think it is in enhanced mode now, is this wrong?

It works any way you config it...


--=20

-S=F8ren




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