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[RFC] Add support for Adaptec 1210SA (was: Re: SiI3112 ...
... 2006 8:38 AM To: freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Subject: SATA controller - Adaptec 1210SA on 6.0/6.1RC Hi list, I'm having problems with the following I saw some discussions about how crappy Si3112 and low-end Adaptec controllers are, but is there any way to have it running stable on 6.0/6.1RC machine?

[RFC] Add support for Adaptec 1210SA (was: Re: SiI3112 ...
Is there a difference between raid drivers and just using the SATA port for single drive configuration? When I look at Device Manager->SCSI and RAID Controllers->Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATA Link Controller->Properties (drivers tab), it shows: SI3112.sys When I look at the drivers zip file on Silicon Image's site,

freebsd-stable Digest, Vol 241, Issue 5
Jeff Shultz j...@shultzinfosystems.com alt os linux mandrake I've got a SATA drive that I've been meaning to try out (still haven't) but I remembered that before I did I needed to use the boot command 'noapic' - well, eventually I'll find out if that lets my SI3112 controlled SATA drive boot up without a million

GA-7N400 Pro2
Is DMA supported on the Si3112? DMA is not being enabled by the SiI3112 card's BIOS (this is a cheap PCI card): [...] Hugo Mills wrote: I get this, too, on 2.4.22-ac2, and I've had someone else tell me about the same issue with their card (don't know what kernel he's running). [...] Same problems here.

Linux 2.6.10-rc2
Any recommendations on what ~ 30 buck SATA card works OK with 6.1? I may opt out to take this one back and replace, unless someone willing to nail this down - I'm I had similar problems under 5.x and 6.x with a SI3112. My testing and investigations back then suggested that some combinations of hardware and the

freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 132, Issue 7
1013). Since the BIOS does not have a hot key for boot device selection I currently always need change the boot device in the BIOS setup in order to boot the proper OS. The main challenge is that I have win2k installed on a SATA RAID (si3112 chipset) and that neither LILO nor GRUB can boot from the win2k from the

Silicon Image sil3112 SATARAID controller
Unzip the drivers somewhere and copy the contents of the si3112 directory to a floppy, you will need this later. You have to first set the boot device to SCSI Not all SATA drives require the adapter cable, Seagate does but Maxtor's new line of SATA drives incorporate both the 15 pin SATA power interface and the

FreeBSD 5.3 freezes under heavy hdd load
Eric nos...@email.com alt os linux mandrake Jeff Shultz wrote: I've got a SATA drive that I've been meaning to try out (still haven't) but I remembered that before I did I needed to use the boot command 'noapic' - well, eventually I'll find out if that lets my SI3112 controlled SATA drive boot up without a million

SATA controller - Adaptec 1210SA on 6.0/6.1RC
Is this a known issue? On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 02:06:41PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: Daniel Brahneborg wrote: I'm having serious problems with my Silicon Image SATA card, and am considering replacing with a (more expensive) Promise SATA TX2 Plus card. First I have some questions, to avoid getting into the same mess

A8N-SLI Deluxe Maxtor SATA Poll - Fixed mine!
I went to 1004 because I incorrectly assumed that the Nvidia Raid bios update might fix this issue. But, in my case, it made it worse. I then (luckily I had this as a spare) installed an old PCI SATA controller with a SI3112 controller on board. I then disabled both the motherboard SI3114 and the NForce4 SATA

freebsd-stable Digest, Vol 171, Issue 6
We've put a SATA controller in the box, a cheap-as-chips PCI Adaptec 1210SA which, according to lspci, uses the SIlicon Image SI3112 chipset to provide two .... Stephen Tait PS before all you hardware types tell me that the SI3112 sucks, yes I know but it was the only SATA controller my company could get hold of,

SATA to PATA
But every detail of your description very clearly points to a hardware issue, and I highly doubt it's the drives themselfs. IMHO even the PSU is more likely. Today what finally brought sys back is I changed the sata load line in startup.ncf from the novell SIIATA.HAM to the silicon image driver SI3112.

Problems to componentize a SATA driver
I saw some discussions about how crappy Si3112 and low-end Adaptec controllers are, but is there any way to have it running stable on 6.0/6.1RC machine? -- "Confidence is what you have before you | Łukasz Bromirski understand the problem." -- Woody Allen | lukasz:bromirski,net

Problems with lilo on dualboot PC with SATA drives
Disabling both integrated SATA of the motherboard (SI3112 which works both in linux and freebsd), and integrated firewire (just in case). - Moving the PCI card to another slot. I only have another pci device, a soundcard, and moving it changed the bios boot order (first the pci, then the integrated sata or

Status of Promise drivers?
I haven't had to install an older version of the SATA drivers, despite having the same Silicon Image controller (on a different mainboard), but you should be able to re-install the older Click [Browse] to specify the file path where the driver is, eg "X:\Drivers\Si3112"( X is the drive you put the support CD).

Linux 2.4.22-rc2-ac1
Tomas Szepe sz...@pinerecords.com linux kernel [a...@redhat.com] Linux 2.4.22-rc2-ac1 o Add hwif->sata to fix cable issues with SI3112 (me) depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /var/tmp/.build-8601/install/lib/modules/2.4.22-rc2-ac1/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-core. o depmod: ide_wait_hwif_ready depmod: ide_probe_for_drive

SATA controller - Adaptec 1210SA on 6.0/6.1RC
You would also need to purchase SATA cables, if you don't already have them. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx? On Newegg, I see VT6420, SIL3112, and SIL3114 based solutions. If you are interested in the PCI slot options, I can give you some background, but to do so now would double the size of this

SiI3112 DMA? (2.6.0-test6)
The fact that SMART saw them means that the disk is also aware of said issues. These may have been caused by the reallocated sectors. It's also interesting that the LBAs ...... Disabling both integrated SATA of the motherboard (SI3112 which works both in linux and freebsd), and integrated firewire (just in case).

Linux 2.4.22-ac4
cXoXm alt comp periphs mainboard abit Hi, Thanks - yes, I am using the right driver...it's described as SiI3x12: Serial ATA (SATA) Windows RAID Driver - Released on I see several possible drivers at http://snipurl.com/si3112 under the SiI3x12 node in their download tree. Are you sure you picked the correct one?

PATCH: Allow ATI SATA to use siimage if serial ATA layer is not in use
Linux 2.4.22-ac4 o On a drive with LBA48 capability under LBA48 (me) size with a controller that is LBA48 PIO only issue LBA28 DMA commands. o Switch to LBA28 .... (Harald Welte) Linux 2.4.22-rc2-ac1 o Add hwif->sata to fix cable issues with SI3112 (me) Linux 2.4.22-rc1-ac1 o Fix steal_locks problems (Herbert Xu)