On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:58:03 +0100 (CET) Wojciech Puchar <woj...@tensor.gdynia.pl> articulated:
> > I have motherboard with total 8 SATA ports but seems it's broken as > > i'm having regular server hangs after heavy disk I/O, usually with > > messages about disconnected AHCI device. cables ARE OK. > > > > i bought extra controllers - 2 2-port PCIe based on said chipset. > > > > to make things more strange - 2 of 8 motherboard SATA ports ARE > > JMB363 based too! > > > > on motherboard ports are all detected by AHCI driver. > > > > THE same chips on cards are NOT detected as AHCI. > > pciconv shows they are in ATA/RAID mode. > > > > But builtin controller BIOS does not allow setting it in AHCI mode. > > tried ata/atadisk driver - it doesn't attach disk at all, but just > > waits 15 seconds on each port where disk is connected at boot. > > > > Disks ARE properly attached, as cards BIOS shows them up properly. > > > > > > How can FreeBSD be set up to simply force switching to AHCI mode on > > that chips? > > nobody knows? or just this mail was missed within hundreds of trash > about why devil is a mascot or tips for installing windows. Except for the "top Posting" (corrected) faux pas, that is the best answer I have seen here in quite awhile. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
