hi thanks for your answer
2010/11/23 Alexander Motin <[email protected]>: > > As I can see, timeouts starting very early: in first case at Port > Multiplier probing, in second - even earlier - at soft reset. It makes > me think that there could be some hardware problem. Alike configurations > working fine for many people. i hope not > > Have you tried to attach some disks to the controllers directly (if > there are internal connectors or you have respective external cables)? i'll try > > Have you tried other (shorter/better) eSATA cables? Not all eSATA cables > I have tested were working fine with all controllers, especially at > higher speeds. You may try to limit speed to 1.5Gbps with loader tunable > hint.siisch.X.sata_rev. the cables looks very good, 50cm, shielded, but are identical, so i'll find another one. no change with hint.siisch.0.sata_rev=1 hint.siisch.1.sata_rev=1 > > Have you tried this enclosure/cables with any other controller/OS/...? i tried with my desktop 8-STABLE on motherboard: Nov 22 20:42:20 home kernel: ahcich1: Poll timeout on slot 0 Nov 22 20:42:20 home kernel: ahcich1: is 00000000 cs 00000001 ss 00000000 rs 00000001 tfd 1d0 serr 00000000 Nov 22 20:42:35 home kernel: ahcich1: Poll timeout on slot 0 Nov 22 20:42:35 home kernel: ahcich1: is 00000000 cs 00000001 ss 00000000 rs 00000001 tfd 1d0 serr 00000000 i only have freebsd at home, i'll download an ubuntu then a windows. > > PS: If transfer speed is important to you - I would recommend to replace > SiI3132 controller with SiI3124. Even though it is older - board with > good PCIe x4/x8 bridge can be much faster. If still stay with SiI3132 - > I would recommend to use separate controller for each Port Multiplier, > if possible. Even except that SiI3132 is not fast by itself, single PCIe > x1 bus used by it is insufficient for two SATA 3Gbps ports. i want to use one PM on motherboard and one on SiI3132. > > -- > Alexander Motin > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
