I believe "native mode" usually refers to AHCI and not IDE as IDE is "compatibility mode."
William Yang > -----Original Message----- > From: storage-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:storage-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Mike Bo > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 2:29 PM > To: storage-discuss@opensolaris.org > Subject: Re: [storage-discuss] Sil-3512 and eSATA dual-bay RAID enclosure > > According to the man page link supplied for the Solaris 10 AHCI driver: > The ahci driver currently supports the Intel ICH6/7/8/9, VIA vt8251 and > JMicron AHCI controllers... > > I'm running a card based on the Silicon Image SiI3512 PCI to SATA > controller chip and it has no jumpers for changing operating modes, nor > does there appear to be a BIOS level escape to access a configuration > program. > > According to other posts I've read (which were admittedly old) the SiI3512 > is supported in "native mode" which I guess means "native IDE mode". For > example, in this post from May 2008: > http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=59770 > > AndrewK8 asserts: > For the record, the current SATA controllers currently supported in native > mode on the latest Nevada builds: > - Silicon Image 3112, 3114 and 3512 > - Some chips that support AHCI (currently Intel ICH5 and 6 and nVidia > MCP61) > > When I run 'prtconf -v', the controller shows up as 'pci-ide, instance #1', > with vendor and device IDs as follows: > name='compatible' type=string items=7 > value='pci1095,3512.1095.3512.1' + > 'pci1095,3512.1095.3512' + 'pci1095,3512' + 'pci1095,3512.1' + > 'pci1095,3512' + 'pciclass,018000' + 'pciclass,0180' > > Further, the only ahci entry in /etc/driver_aliases has device ID '010601' > and device ID ' 018000' is not present. Also, the only entries with Vendor > ID '1095' (Silicon Image) are aliased to driver 'si3124'. > > I think all of this means the SiI3512 is supported only in native IDE mode > and is incapable of AHCI mode, but I'm not a device driver guru and just > shooting in the dark. But maybe /etc/driver_aliases doesn't tell the whole > story. > > Perhaps I'd be better off pitching this $20 card onto the scrap heap and > getting a controller that IS supported by the AHCI driver. Can anyone > recommend a multi-port PCI/SATA controller with at least a single, outside > eSATA port that is known to work with [Open]Solaris ? > > Thanks for your patience and support. > Regards, > Mike > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > storage-discuss mailing list > storage-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list storage-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
