AHCI Patsburg SATA controller and slow transfer speed

Dave Hayes dave at jetcafe.org
Fri Jun 28 05:53:56 UTC 2013


On 06/27/13 18:38, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> Next, this statement by ahci(4) then confuses the user:
>
>> ahci0: AHCI v1.30 with 6 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier not supported

Yes, this confuses even a seasoned user. ;)

> TL;DR -- Your motherboard offers 6 ports, 2 of which are SATA600, 4 of
> which are SATA300, and despite the line shown above by FreeBSD not
> matching reality, everything is working as designed.

It wasn't too long, I *did* read both messages, and thank you both very 
much for the insight.
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Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave at jetcafe.org
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