SATA problems under 6.2-PRERELEASE

[Stephen J. Roznowski]

[Following up to myself....]

Maxtor sent me new firmware (VA111900) which seems to have cured
the issue on the nVidia controller (haven't tested the SiI one
yet).....

On 14 Dec, Stephen J. Roznowski wrote:
> I'm having problems with a new Maxtor drive (Maxtor 6V300F0 VA111630)
> that I just purchased. The drive passes all of the low level tests
> when I use the Maxtor PowerMax testing software.
> 
> When I put this drive under any heavy load, I get a
> "kernel: adxx: detached" error, and then I can't reattach the drive
> using atacontrol.
> 
> My motherboard has a "nVidia nForce3 Pro SATA150 controller", and when
> I researched the problem, I've notice that people have firmware issues
> with this combination.
> 
> So, I bought a "SiI 3512 SATA150 controller" to eliminate this issue,
> but I'm still seeing the same error.
> 
> Does SATA just not yet work under FreeBSD?
> 
> Anything that I can do to try to focus on the real problem?
> 
> Thanks,
> -SR

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Stephen J. Roznowski    (sjr at comcast.net)