SiS SATA controllers that work with FreeBSD
Garrett Cooper
youshi10 at u.washington.edu
Wed Dec 6 00:50:48 PST 2006
Garrett Cooper wrote:
> Hello,
> Just upgraded my server system from a 1.2 GHz Celeron to a 3.0 GHz
> and I'm running into an issue with the SATA RAID controller. Every time
> I have the controller enabled with the drive connected, the system locks
> up, possibly due to IRQ conflict, etc, but I'm not 100% sure. Also, I'm
> not sure what the exact model is for the controller, but it possibly
> could be SiS 964 based on the schematics given in page 13 of the
> manual-available here:
> <http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/sock478/p4s800d-x/e1753_p4s800d-x.pdf>.
>
> So, I was wondering..
> 1. If anyone has this motherboard on the list and have been successful
> with getting the SATA RAID controller to work.
>
> ..or...
>
> 2. If anyone has a motherboard with a similar chipset that they got the
> SATA controller to work with.
>
> I tried googling a bit, but all I came up with is an possible lead that
> turned into a dead end (empty PR), and the supported hardware list isn't
> turning up anything helpful :(..
>
> Here's my pciconf output (please note SATA controller is turned off in
> BIOS, but SiS964 is listed as a probed device--the LPC):
>
> [root at hoover /home/gcooper]# pciconf -lv
> hostb0 at pci0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x80aa1043 chip=0x06551039
> rev=0x50 hdr=0x00
> vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)'
> device = 'SiS655 Host-to-PCI Bridge'
> class = bridge
> subclass = HOST-PCI
> pcib1 at pci0:1:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x00031039 rev=0x00
> hdr=0x01
> vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)'
> device = 'SiS648FX Virtual PCI to PCI Bridge (AGP)'
> class = bridge
> subclass = PCI-PCI
> isab0 at pci0:2:0: class=0x060100 card=0x00000000 chip=0x09641039 rev=0x36
> hdr=0x00
> vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)'
> device = 'SiS964 LPC Bridge'
> class = bridge
> subclass = PCI-ISA
> atapci0 at pci0:2:5: class=0x01018a card=0x810e1043 chip=0x55131039
> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
> vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)'
> device = 'SiS5513 EIDE Controller (A,B step)'
> class = mass storage
> subclass = ATA
> none0 at pci0:2:7: class=0x040100 card=0x810d1043 chip=0x70121039 rev=0xa0
> hdr=0x00
> vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)'
> device = 'SiS7013 PCI Audio Accelerator'
> class = multimedia
> subclass = audio
> ohci0 at pci0:3:0: class=0x0c0310 card=0x810e1043 chip=0x70011039 rev=0x0f
> hdr=0x00
> vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)'
> device = 'SiS5597/8 Universal Serial Bus Controller'
> class = serial bus
> subclass = USB
> ohci1 at pci0:3:1: class=0x0c0310 card=0x810e1043 chip=0x70011039 rev=0x0f
> hdr=0x00
> vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)'
> device = 'SiS5597/8 Universal Serial Bus Controller'
> class = serial bus
> subclass = USB
> ohci2 at pci0:3:2: class=0x0c0310 card=0x810e1043 chip=0x70011039 rev=0x0f
> hdr=0x00
> vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)'
> device = 'SiS5597/8 Universal Serial Bus Controller'
> class = serial bus
> subclass = USB
> none1 at pci0:3:3: class=0x0c0320 card=0x810e1043 chip=0x70021039 rev=0x00
> hdr=0x00
> vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)'
> device = 'SiS7002 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller'
> class = serial bus
> subclass = USB
> sis0 at pci0:4:0: class=0x020000 card=0x80a71043 chip=0x09001039 rev=0x91
> hdr=0x00
> vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)'
> device = 'SiS900 Fast Ethernet/Home Networking Ctrlr'
> class = network
> subclass = ethernet
> ahc0 at pci0:9:0: class=0x010000 card=0xa1809005 chip=0x00109005 rev=0x00
> hdr=0x00
> vendor = 'Adaptec Inc'
> device = 'AHA-2940U2W/U2B AHA-2950U2W Ultra2 SCSI Controller'
> class = mass storage
> subclass = SCSI
> [root at hoover /home/gcooper]#
>
> TIA,
> -Garrett
I just grepped a few directories and found ataraid--something I had
removed from my kernel a while back since I didn't have RAID. Would this
by chance be what I need to enable the SATA RAID support for my motherboard?
-Garrett
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