Hi James, Am Montag, den 30.06.2008, 12:22 +1000 schrieb James C. McPherson: > 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.
Thanks for the _fast_ reply! Oh, I've read about that kind of workaround a few times before with different hardware, but as I thought this "bug" is somewhat different and that there would be a "No, I will not work with this card!" function in the driver or something else, I didn't think it would work :) But that said, glad that I was wrong! Does this fix work with the installer CD as well? Like fireing up a xterm there, issueing the command? Is it the same driver for 3112 and 3512 chips? I want to install opensolaris to the two discs on that controller (playing around with ZFS) so I need to convince the driver to accept this card from day one :) and as I am new to OpenSolaris I am a bit lost and don't find the the answers for all my questions... as said I am new to the solaris way, please bear with me... a direction to the correct manual is ok too :) greetings Michael > > 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
