Michael Schmitt wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have a sata sil3512 card and it is impossible to use it on opensolaris > as it seems. > The device driver utility shows "Driver missing", it seems that is due > its fake RAID BIOS the driver refuses to accept this card in non-raid > modus. The cards BIOS would need to be flashed with a NON-RAID BIOS, see > http://www-user.uni-bremen.de/~hburde/solaris_bmc4401.html at the > bottom. But my card has a not re-flashable EPROM on it (HT27C010, see > the datasheet PDF at > http://www.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/pdf/96732/HOLTEK/HT27C010.html > so I can't flash it with a non-raid BIOS (which is available at > http://www.siliconimage.com for download). > It is no problem at all to use this card with its current BIOS on Linux > or Windows with drives connected to it. There is a BIOS setup utility > built in the card, just don't built an array there, no problem at all > with Linux or Windows to access the single drives connected to that > card, or built an array and use the dmraid utility for Linux or the > correct "RAID" driver for Windows. I used this card for almost two years > with several Linux kernels and the sata_sil.ko module (driver) and mdadm > softwareraid without any issues in my main desktop. > In other words, it is absolutely possible to use that card even with a > RAID-BIOS in a non-RAID configuration, there is NO (visible) reason for > the driver in opensolaris to not support that too!
Hi Michael, this one's being fixed at the moment - 5031620 Some cards based upon the SiL 680(A) ATA controller won't bind due to a hardware lie. 6595150 ata driver doesnt attach to Silicon Image 3114 controllers with a RAID firmware This second bug describes a workaround which might help you in the meantime. James C. McPherson -- Senior Kernel Software Engineer, Solaris Sun Microsystems http://blogs.sun.com/jmcp http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog _______________________________________________ driver-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/driver-discuss
