Re: SIL-3512 supported?

2012-06-27 Thread LEVAI Daniel
On v, jún 17, 2012 at 12:21:56 +0200, Fabian wrote: Well, it was needed in my case, but it might not be needed in your case. As I understand, this chipset is used in a couple of no-name cards. Thanks for the info, fortunately the card is working out of the box. Daniel -- LÉVAI Dániel PGP

Re: SIL-3512 supported?

2012-06-17 Thread Fabian
Well, it was needed in my case, but it might not be needed in your case. As I understand, this chipset is used in a couple of no-name cards. There is a small DOS utility on the SiliconImage website, where you get the latest BIOS images for the card, in the support section. The steps needed are

SIL-3512 supported?

2012-06-16 Thread LEVAI Daniel
Hi! Although sili(4) doesn't state it exactly, I'm curious if the SIL-3512 [1] chip is supported? This is a 2 channel SATA PCI card. I don't need its fancy RAID functions, I just want to plug some SATA hard drives to an old computer which only has IDE interfaces. Thanks, Daniel [1] -

Re: SIL-3512 supported?

2012-06-16 Thread Jonathan Gray
It should work fine, this is the same controller as in the Thecus N1200 for example. It isn't sili(4) but rather pciide(4), see http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciidesektion=4 On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 10:49:08AM +0200, LEVAI Daniel wrote: Hi! Although sili(4) doesn't state it

Re: SIL-3512 supported?

2012-06-16 Thread LEVAI Daniel
On szo, jún 16, 2012 at 19:10:09 +1000, Jonathan Gray wrote: It should work fine, this is the same controller as in the Thecus N1200 for example. It isn't sili(4) but rather pciide(4), see http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciidesektion=4 Thanks Jonathan, I'll get one then. I

Re: SIL-3512 supported?

2012-06-16 Thread Fabian
Hello, I am using one of these add-in cards (PCI, 2 channel SATA) for the exact same purpose you mentioned. I had some problems in the beginning, but after I upgraded the firmware to the latest non-RAID version, it is working fine here. Fabian pciide1 at pci0 dev 18 function 0 CMD Technology

Re: SIL-3512 supported?

2012-06-16 Thread LEVAI Daniel
On szo, jún 16, 2012 at 13:40:14 +0200, Fabian wrote: Hello, I am using one of these add-in cards (PCI, 2 channel SATA) for the exact same purpose you mentioned. I had some problems in the beginning, but after I upgraded the firmware to the latest non-RAID version, it is working fine here.