Sil 3726 PortMultiplier Failed

[Mickaël Maillot]

hi

thanks for your answer

2010/11/23 Alexander Motin <mav at freebsd.org>:
>
> As I can see, timeouts starting very early: in first case at Port
> Multiplier probing, in second - even earlier - at soft reset. It makes
> me think that there could be some hardware problem. Alike configurations
> working fine for many people.

i hope not

>
> Have you tried to attach some disks to the controllers directly (if
> there are internal connectors or you have respective external cables)?

i'll try

>
> Have you tried other (shorter/better) eSATA cables? Not all eSATA cables
> I have tested were working fine with all controllers, especially at
> higher speeds. You may try to limit speed to 1.5Gbps with loader tunable
> hint.siisch.X.sata_rev.

the cables looks very good,  50cm, shielded, but are identical, so
i'll find another one.
no change with hint.siisch.0.sata_rev=1 hint.siisch.1.sata_rev=1

>
> Have you tried this enclosure/cables with any other controller/OS/...?

i tried with my desktop 8-STABLE on motherboard:
Nov 22 20:42:20 home kernel: ahcich1: Poll timeout on slot 0
Nov 22 20:42:20 home kernel: ahcich1: is 00000000 cs 00000001 ss
00000000 rs 00000001 tfd 1d0 serr 00000000
Nov 22 20:42:35 home kernel: ahcich1: Poll timeout on slot 0
Nov 22 20:42:35 home kernel: ahcich1: is 00000000 cs 00000001 ss
00000000 rs 00000001 tfd 1d0 serr 00000000

i only have freebsd at home, i'll download an ubuntu then a windows.

>
> PS: If transfer speed is important to you - I would recommend to replace
> SiI3132 controller with SiI3124. Even though it is older - board with
> good PCIe x4/x8 bridge can be much faster. If still stay with SiI3132 -
> I would recommend to use separate controller for each Port Multiplier,
> if possible. Even except that SiI3132 is not fast by itself, single PCIe
> x1 bus used by it is insufficient for two SATA 3Gbps ports.

i want to use one PM on motherboard and one on SiI3132.

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> Alexander Motin
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