The only driver that has complete SATA port multiplier support is ahci. -Albert
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Gary Gendel <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark, > > I struggled with a port multiplier in a similar configuration (but older > chipset) until I finally gave up, bought an 8 port card and bypassed it > with a lovely sata octopus. :( I even started hacking at the driver code > where I found some things that seemed unfinished but was never totally > successful. This was back around build 121 so things may be better now. I > doubt it because there wasn't much interest in getting this feature > working. Sorry I can't give you the magical incantation to get things > going. > > Gary > > > On 05/14/2013 04:07 AM, Mark wrote: > >> I have been trying to get the si3124 driver working with port multipliers >> using the si3826 chipset. >> The driver source suggests port multipliers are supported. >> >> The card's are seen, driver loads, but no disks. >> >> The controller ports with multipliers connected show as failed. >> >> The server is the Backblaze Pod 3.0 system using Syba PCI Express SATA II >> 4-Port RAID Controller Card SY-PEX40008 and AC-SAN-5PMBP 5 Bay Port >> Multiplier Backplane (Sil 3826 Chipset). >> >> No issues when I tried running Nas4Free, but FreeBSD doesn't support the >> application I want to use for the storage. >> >> >> I did try turning on debugging, but as a beginner at driver debugging I'm >> not sure I achived the desired result and got no useful info from it. >> >> Anyone have experience with Sata Port Multipliers and can share a few >> pointers ? >> >> Mark. >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >> OpenIndiana-discuss@**openindiana.org<[email protected]> >> http://openindiana.org/**mailman/listinfo/openindiana-**discuss<http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss> >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@**openindiana.org<[email protected]> > http://openindiana.org/**mailman/listinfo/openindiana-**discuss<http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss> > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
