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Cc: Nick Hilliard <nick-lists@netability.ie>
Subject: Re: SiI3531 SATA port multipler
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Nick Hilliard wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've been poking around with a SiI3531 sata300 host card, connected to
> an external disk enclosure with an internal SiI4726 card.  There are 3
> x SATA disks hanging off it at the moment:
I don't know what a 3531 is, but see if the patch here makes any difference:

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=129784