>Number:         164694
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       Regression in 3726 port multiplier support in 9.0
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Feb 01 19:20:09 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Allen Belletti
>Release:        9.0-RELEASE
>Organization:
Georgia Tech ISyE
>Environment:
FreeBSD chimney 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 31 17:53:10 EST 
2012     broot@chimney:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
>Description:
I've recently upgraded an amd64 disk-to-disk backup server from 8.2 to 9.0 and 
run into a serious problem.  We have three SiI 3132 dual-port eSATA cards. Each 
of those six ports (two per card) connects to an SiI 3726 (possibly 4726, but 
detected as 3726) port multiplier, which in turn drives four disks. This worked 
brilliantly on 8.x with a total of 24 disks running reliably for quite some 
time.  Upon upgrading to 9.0, the controllers are detected by the Siis driver, 
and it is aware that the port multipliers exist, but no disks are seen.  I've 
also booted the 9.0 memstick image to verify that the same problem occurs, 
which it does.


>How-To-Repeat:
In our case, this problem occurs on every boot.  The affected hardware is a 
SuperMicro board (model unknown but I'll check if this is needed) with a pair 
of Xeon E5504 CPUs.  eSATA cards are SiI 3132, connected to KW-5556 port 
multipliers (the internal version.)  Disks are connected four to a multiplier 
and are Samsung 750GB SATA units.
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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