SIL3112 and Maxtor 6Y160M0 SATA Disk: DMA Failure

[Søren Schmidt]

Emanuel Strobl wrote:

>>>Unfortunately when I do attach my Maxtor SATA disk to this controller
>>>I do only get DMA errors. This is all on a recent 6.0-CURRENT system
>>>and can be reproduced with a GENERIC kernel.
>>
>>The SiI3112 silicon is so bug ridden its not even funny.
>>
>>I suggest you return that piece of crap to the vendor that sold it to
>>you and get somthing that works.
> 
> I can understand your comment but please extend it with some recommendations. 
> If anybody, you should know which controllers are reliable, os hw and sq 
> sight!

Well I'll just start to sound like the PR department of Promise, but 
their controllers work perfectly and they support FreeBSD by giving me 
access to documentation.

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-Søren