Re: [zfs-discuss] SIL3124 stability?

2008-09-28 Thread Ralf Nordmeier
Joerg Schilling wrote: [ ... ] I bought this two days ago http://www.kmelektronik.de/main_site/prod_detail/detail.php?ArtNr=4425Shop=0 and as the only information I could found in the web was to flash the card BIOS, I did not realize that there is a jumper After i opened the case,

[zfs-discuss] SIL3124 stability?

2008-09-25 Thread Mikael Karlsson
Hello! Anyone with experience with the SIL3124 chipset? Does it work good? It's in the HCL, but since SIL3114 apperantly is totally crap I'm a bit skeptic to silicon image.. Regards Mikael ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] SIL3124 stability?

2008-09-25 Thread Joerg Schilling
Mikael Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! Anyone with experience with the SIL3124 chipset? Does it work good? It's in the HCL, but since SIL3114 apperantly is totally crap I'm a bit skeptic to silicon image.. Yesterday, I tried the SIL 3114 which should be the same. It comes with a

Re: [zfs-discuss] SIL3124 stability?

2008-09-25 Thread Joerg Schilling
Daniel Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mikael Karlsson schrieb: Hello! Anyone with experience with the SIL3124 chipset? Does it work good? It's in the HCL, but since SIL3114 apperantly is totally crap I'm a bit skeptic to silicon image.. I'm running with two SIL3132 PCIe cards in

Re: [zfs-discuss] SIL3124 stability?

2008-09-25 Thread Daniel Rock
Joerg Schilling schrieb: If it works for your system, be happy. I mentioned that the controller may not be usable in all systems as it hangs up the BIOS in my machine if there is a disk connected to the card. I disabled the BIOS on my cards because I don't need it. I boot from one of the

Re: [zfs-discuss] SIL3124 stability?

2008-09-25 Thread Joerg Schilling
Daniel Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joerg Schilling schrieb: If it works for your system, be happy. I mentioned that the controller may not be usable in all systems as it hangs up the BIOS in my machine if there is a disk connected to the card. I disabled the BIOS on my cards

Re: [zfs-discuss] SIL3124 stability?

2008-09-25 Thread Daniel Rock
Joerg Schilling schrieb: Daniel Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I disabled the BIOS on my cards because I don't need it. I boot from one of the onboard SATA ports. OK, how did you do this? This will depend on the card you are using. I simply had to remove a jumper (Dawicontrol DC-300e).

Re: [zfs-discuss] SIL3124 stability?

2008-09-25 Thread Joerg Schilling
Daniel Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joerg Schilling schrieb: Daniel Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I disabled the BIOS on my cards because I don't need it. I boot from one of the onboard SATA ports. OK, how did you do this? This will depend on the card you are using. I simply had

Re: [zfs-discuss] SIL3124 stability?

2008-09-25 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:51:57PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: Mikael Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone with experience with the SIL3124 chipset? Does it work good? Yesterday, I tried the SIL 3114 which should be the same. It comes with a BIOS that hangs up completely directly

Re: [zfs-discuss] SIL3124 stability?

2008-09-25 Thread Joerg Schilling
Brian Hechinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:51:57PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: Mikael Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone with experience with the SIL3124 chipset? Does it work good? Yesterday, I tried the SIL 3114 which should be the same. It comes

Re: [zfs-discuss] SIL3124 stability?

2008-09-25 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 04:23:42PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: THe lock I observed happened inside the BIOS of the card after the main board BIOS jumped into the board BIOS. This was before any bootloader has been ionvolved. I wonder if it's not nessesarily the BIOS of the card, but

Re: [zfs-discuss] SIL3124 stability?

2008-09-25 Thread Jürgen Keil
THe lock I observed happened inside the BIOS of the card after the main board BIOS jumped into the board BIOS. This was before any bootloader has been ionvolved. Is there a disk using a zpool with an EFI disk label? Here's a link to an old thread about systems hanging in BIOS POST when they

Re: [zfs-discuss] SIL3124 stability?

2008-09-25 Thread Joerg Schilling
Jürgen Keil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: THe lock I observed happened inside the BIOS of the card after the main board BIOS jumped into the board BIOS. This was before any bootloader has been ionvolved. Is there a disk using a zpool with an EFI disk label? Here's a link to an old thread

Re: [zfs-discuss] SIL3124 stability?

2008-09-25 Thread Joerg Schilling
Brian Hechinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 04:23:42PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: THe lock I observed happened inside the BIOS of the card after the main board BIOS jumped into the board BIOS. This was before any bootloader has been ionvolved. I wonder if

Re: [zfs-discuss] SIL3124 stability?

2008-09-25 Thread Miles Nordin
mk == Mikael Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: mk Anyone with experience with the SIL3124 chipset? Does it work mk good? In Solaris, I believe Sil3124 has a SATA framework driver while SIL3114 is the old IDE framework. There is more than one version of the 3124, but I've not heard

Re: [zfs-discuss] SIL3124 stability?

2008-09-25 Thread Miles Nordin
js == Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: js If it works for your system, be happy. I mentioned that the js controller may not be usable in all systems as it hangs up the js BIOS in my machine if there is a disk connected to the card. There are three different chips under

Re: [zfs-discuss] SIL3124 stability?

2008-09-25 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 07:40:09PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: There is no option to use the card+disk in a differnt machine. That's a shame, that could tell you a lot. I read that there might be a firmware upgrade but I have not been able to find a dowload.