[ Apologies in advance if this is the wrong list. I figure this is a kernel issue...so...let me know if my judgement is judged to be in error. ]
Greetings noble DragonFly kernel people. I am a fresh new DragonFly user (but old school FreeBSD user) and I have experienced some anomalies which I'm hoping to get some insight into. The man page for ata(4) says: The currently supported SATA controllers with their maximum speed include: SiI 3112/3114/3124/3512 Serial ATA 150, 150 MB/sec FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE tells me this: atapci0: <SiI 3112 SATA150 controller> port 0xac00-0xac0f,0xb000-0xb003,0xb400-0xb407,0xb800-0xb803,0xbc00-0xbc07 mem 0xdfeffc00-0xdfeffdff irq 18 at device 2.0 on pci6 DragonFly 1.3-preview (from the CD preview image I got from some .de site) tells me this: pci6: <unknown card> (vendor=0x1095, dev=0x0240) at 2.0 irq 9 pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x8086, dev=0x266a) at 31.3 irq 10 I've had to turn ACPI off (more exactly: boot with ACPI disabled in the menu that posts an ascii dragonfly) because of: kernel: acpi_bus_number: can't get _ADR which is common to both FreeBSD 5.4 and DragonFly. Ok, so how can I get my SiI card to be seen by the kernel? I've supped the latest "preview" sources (tag=DragonFly_Preview) but if I need to go development I will. [ BTW a big -thank you- to whomever set the /usr/share/examples/cvsup files to Just Work. Also kudos to the enlightened decision to include a working cvsup binary with the OS. ] Also I keep getting these: kernel: ad7: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device I have these nifty red cables which were hooked between the disk and controllers by someone with a history of knowing what they are doing. Also, FreeBSD 5.4 correctly set the mode to SATA150, however it is having problems at that speed with WRITE_DMA timeouts. Is there a way to get the driver to use this speed? Is that advisable? Is that advisable given I am going to be using vinum/software raid5? Did I not ask the correct question and, if so, what is the correct question (with answer) to ask? Thanks in advance for any answers to these pressing questions of mine. Apologies in advance if I tweak anyone's advocacy or religious bias. ------ Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< Your ego is a failed API for a system that doesn't need your input.
