Alexander Anderson wrote:
Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 10:43:51 PM, Alexander Anderson wrote:
Hello.
I'm installing FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on a brand new system with Intel
D975XBX2 board. It seems that FreeBSD does not support the onboard Marvell
88SE6145 SATA controller. Could someone confirm this?
At first, when I tried to boot the installation CD, the loader hung very
early in the process with the message "BTX halted". But when I went to the
BIOS and disabled "Secondary SATA controller" (in Advanced, Peripheral
Configuration), the CD booted and the install began alright.
[snip]
Now that I figured out what was causing the "BTX halted" error, I'm going
to complete the installation, and then try to enable the Marvell
controller back. Let's see if that works.
No one seems to have replied ...but I'll draw the summary, anyway.
The installation has completed successfully with Marvell 88SE6145 SATA
RAID controller disabled. When I go to BIOS and enable it back, the system
still boots, but dmesg shows no sign of Marvell's presence.
I'm still not sure if the controller is just not configured correctly or
if it is not supported under FreeBSD at all, however, I'm leaning towards
the latter.
I ran into the same problem with my installation on the same mobo. I
didn't have to disable the controller or anything, but there needs to be
a SATA drive connected to port 0 of the controller or SYSINSTALL bombs
with the BTX halted failure. I vaguely remember something on this list
a few months back about that in general, not specifically with this mobo.
I don't remember about the Marvell controller, if it showed up or not.
It seems it did though, but I might have added something to GENERIC for
it. I'm on the road for a while, but if you're still interested I'll
look when I get home.
Joe Kraft.
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