Disk on PCI-E SATA controller

petticlone

petticlone

Hi everyone,

So I got a little PCI-E card to expand the number of SATA ports in my system. It seems to be recognized nicely:
Code: 
ahci1: <Intel Union Point AHCI SATA controller> port 0xf090-0xf097,0xf080-0xf083,0xf060-0xf07f mem 0xf7214000-0xf7215fff,0xf7218000-0xf72180ff,0xf7217000-0xf72177ff irq 16 at device 23.0 on pci0
ahci1: AHCI v1.31 with 4 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier not supported
ahcich8: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci1
ahcich9: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci1
ahcich10: <AHCI channel> at channel 2 on ahci1
ahcich11: <AHCI channel> at channel 3 on ahci1
ahciem0: <AHCI enclosure management bridge> on ahci1
ahcich1: Poll timeout on slot 2 port 0
ahcich1: is 00000000 cs 00000004 ss 00000000 rs 00000004 tfd 50 serr 00000000 cmd 10008007
(aprobe0:ahcich1:0:0:0): NOP FLUSHQUEUE. ACB: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
(aprobe0:ahcich1:0:0:0): CAM status: Command timeout
(aprobe0:ahcich1:0:0:0): Error 5, Retries exhausted
ahcich7: Poll timeout on slot 2 port 0
ahcich7: is 00000000 cs 00000004 ss 00000000 rs 00000004 tfd 50 serr 00000000 cmd 10004016
(aprobe0:ahcich7:0:0:0): NOP FLUSHQUEUE. ACB: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
(aprobe0:ahcich7:0:0:0): CAM status: Command timeout
(aprobe0:ahcich7:0:0:0): Error 5, Retries exhausted
However, the disk attached to it is nowhere to be seen. What am I missing here?
 
Hi diizzy,

the onboard one would be this I guess:
Code: 
ahci0: <Marvell 88SE9128 AHCI SATA controller> port 0xe050-0xe057,0xe040-0xe043,0xe030-0xe037,0xe020-0xe023,0xe000-0xe01f mem 0xf7110000-0xf71107ff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
ahci0: AHCI v1.20 with 8 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier not supported
ahci0: quirks=0x1000900<NOBSYRES,ALTSIG,IOMMU_BUSWIDE>
ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0
ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0
ahcich2: <AHCI channel> at channel 2 on ahci0
ahcich3: <AHCI channel> at channel 3 on ahci0
ahcich4: <AHCI channel> at channel 4 on ahci0
ahcich5: <AHCI channel> at channel 5 on ahci0
ahcich6: <AHCI channel> at channel 6 on ahci0
ahcich7: <AHCI channel> at channel 7 on ahci0
 
No, other way around. Intel Union Point is part of the Intel chipset. Marvell 88S... is an separate chip with a PCIe interface. Most likely the Marvell is on the SATA card you added.
 
Turns out you're right, ralphbsz!

Any ideas on how to get the disk connected to it to be recognized by FreeBSD?
 
  1. try with another disk, if you have one;
  2. re-seat all the cables, both ends;
  3. replace the cables, one at a time;
  4. can you test the disk and cables on another SATA controller?
 
petticlone said:
Turns out you're right, ralphbsz!
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Never happens. At least according to my wife, or my colleagues at work. You must be confused.

Any ideas on how to get the disk connected to it to be recognized by FreeBSD?
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I thought that SATA hotplug simply worked in FreeBSD. I've used it a little bit, and never had a problem ... but maybe with your hardware, it's a different story.

My suggestion: Check SATA cables and power cables. Move cables around, plug the disk into different places, see what the BIOS sees, do one disk at a time, just a lot of trial and error. Typically these are cabling or power problems.
 
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