From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 2 22:10:54 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 929E8106566C for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2012 22:10:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mahan@mahan.org) Received: from ns.mahan.org (ns.mahan.org [67.116.10.138]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4297B8FC13 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2012 22:10:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gypsy.mahan.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns.mahan.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id q02MEUAB028424 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:14:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mahan@mahan.org) Message-ID: <4F022B6F.5020406@mahan.org> Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:10:55 -0800 From: Patrick Mahan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20110902 Thunderbird/6.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Mailing List References: <4F021412.3030803@mahan.org> In-Reply-To: <4F021412.3030803@mahan.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: BIOS configuration for a Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R and i7 Intel processor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:10:54 -0000 On 1/2/12 12:31 PM, Patrick Mahan wrote: > All, > > I am putting together a DIY system using a Gigabyte motherboard > and the Intel i7. I plan on running FreeBSD 9.0 as the based OS. > I have a Seagate 1 TB Barracuda for the hard drive connected to > one of the sata controllers. > > I've got a couple of questions regarding the SATA setup. > > The motherboard has an Intel ICH10R South Bridge controlling > 6 SATA2 (3.0 Gbs/s) devices, Gigabyte controlling 2 GSATA2 devices > (3.0 Gb/s) and a Marvell 9128 SATA3 (6.0 Gb/s) devices. > > I currently have the HDD connected to the ICH10R. My first question > is simply confirmation of what my googling seems to have turned up - > that this controller is supported by FreeBSD. > > 2nd question, the BIOS setup lists this controller mode as "IDE" > and the other possible values are - > > "IDE" = Disables RAID for this SATA controller, configures the > controller in IDE mode > > "RAID" = Enables RAID for this SATA controller > > "AHCI" = Configures the SATA controller to Advanced Host Controller > Interface mode to support enabled advanced Serial ATA > commands such as Native Command Queuing and Hot plug. > > Which mode is the best for FreeBSD? The BIOS default is IDE. I am > currently only using 1 HDD so I am not currently interested in RAID. > Is AHCI supported? > > NOTE: these modes are listed for all three SATA controllers. > All, Slight addendum, I have found a link to Warren Block's instructions on enabling AHCI support and others have pointed out that they are using AHCI on GB motherboards. Again, thanks, Patrick