Conclusion as for SATA Freebsd6:
Good: SII 3114 r2
Bad: SII 3512 r1, VIA 8237A r128
Question is then about 'SII 3512 r2' ..
For ms-xp, linux debian4: SII3512 r1 working.
The SII 3112A datasheet specifies:
"revision 01H is defined for SiI3112A rev 1.1 and revision 02H is defined
for SiI3112A rev 1.21."
Guess I have to do the reliable thing and use 3ware, Promise, Highpoint etc..
Any recommendation on this?
(connectland 4P sata sii3114 is not easily available from here it seems)
>This is a connectland 4 ports serial ata, equiped with a Sil 3114
>with this card, FreeBSD works just fine and is really stable
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:11:0:class=0x010400 card=0x61141095 chip=0x31141095
>rev=0x02
>hdr=0x00
>vendor = 'Silicon Image Inc (Was: CMD Technology Inc)'
>device = 'Sil 3114 SATALink/SATARaid Controller'
>class= mass storage
>subclass = RAID
>atapci0: port
>0xc400-0xc407,0xc080-0xc083,0xc000-0xc007,0xbc00-0xbc03,0xb880-0xb88f mem
>0xff6ff000-0xff6ff3ff irq 19 at device 11.0 on pci0
>ata2: on atapci0
>ata3: on atapci0
>ata4: on atapci0
>ata5: on atapci0
>ad8: 117246MB at ata4-master SATA150
Guess it's one of these?
http://www.connectland.net/fiche-629-pci_card_combo_sata_150_et_ide_p_ata.html
http://www.connectland.net/fiche-130-serial_a150.html
>I'm not sure but I think this board was also connectland
>this card with a 3512 works just fine with windows xp and linux debian 4
>but makes FreeBSD really unstable (crashing every about 10 minutes)
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:12:0:class=0x010400 card=0x65121095 chip=0x35121095
>rev=0x01>hdr=0x00
>vendor = 'Silicon Image Inc (Was: CMD Technology Inc)'
>device = 'Sil 3512 SATALink/SATARaid Controller'
>class= mass storage
>subclass = RAID
>atapci1: port
>0xd400-0xd407,0xcc00-0xcc03,0xc880-0xc887,0xc800-0xc803,0xc480-0xc48f mem
>0xff6ff400-0xff6ff5ff irq 16 at device 12.0 on pci0
>ata6: on atapci1
>ata7: on atapci1
>ad12: 152627MB at ata6-master SATA150
Seems the freebsd driver is to blame for this card then. Or m$/lin just hides
the errors ;)
(iow SII3512 + freebsd6 = bad)
>Sata controller on my 4coredual-vsta motherboard, FreeBSD at best just
>"see" the hard disks and crashes at the first attempt to access it
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:15:0:class=0x01018f card=0x05911849 chip=0x05911106
>rev=0x80
>hdr=0x00
>vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
>class= mass storage
>subclass = ATA
>atapci2: port
>0xe000-0xe007,0xdc00-0xdc03,0xd880-0xd887,0xd800-0xd803,0xd480-0xd48f,0xd000-0xd0ff
>
>irq 21 at device 15.0 on pci0
>ata8: on atapci2
>ata9: on atapci2
>ad16: 117246MB at ata8-master SATA150
>
>Ide controller on the same motherboard, FreeBSD seems to be able to use it
>but I'm not really confident about it's reliability
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:15:1:class=0x01018a card=0x05711849 chip=0x05711106
>rev=0x07
>hdr=0x00
>vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
>device = 'VT82 EIDE Controller (All VIA Chipsets)'
>class= mass storage
>subclass = ATA
>atapci3: port
>0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xfc00-0xfc0f at device 15.1 on pci0
>ata0: on atapci3
>ata1: on atapci3
>acd0: DVDR at ata1-master UDMA33
PATA?
Anyway VIA had some serious blunders before, just like CMD Tech - Siliconimage.
>This is confusing but I had many problems with FreeBSD, Windows, Linux debian
>(debian refusing to boot if it was not alone on a controller, and bsd
>refusing>to work wih some controllers)
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