On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:56 PM, David Magda<dmagda at ee.ryerson.ca> wrote:> Said support was committed only two to three weeks ago: > >> PSARC/2009/394 SATA Framework Port Multiplier Support >> 6422924 sata framework has to support port multipliers >> 6691950 ahci driver needs to support SIL3726/4726 SATA port multiplierWhen is this going to show up in the repo at http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev/ ? Is it already there? Sorry if it''s a dumb question, but I''m not sure where to look so the release process is a bit opaque to me. -B -- Brandon High : bhigh at freaks.com
Hi Brandon To answer your question, all you need to do is look up those bug numbers: http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6422924 http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6691950 ..and you see the fix should be in release snv_122. Your in luck, as the OpenSolaris dev repository was updated to snv_122 yesterday: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-announce/2009-September/001256.html http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev/en/index.shtml Let us know if you can get the port multipliers working.. But remember, there is a problem with ZFS raidz in that release, so be careful: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/2009-September/031434.html Regards Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Nigel Smith<nwsmith at wilusa.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:> Let us know if you can get the port multipliers working.. > > But remember, there is a problem with ZFS raidz in that release, so be careful:I saw that, so I think I''ll be waiting until snv_124 to update. The system that I''m thinking of using currently only has mirrored vdevs however, so it shouldn''t be any risk. Something like one of the following seems reasonable to add a few drives to an existing system, although eSATA just seems like a bad idea for a number of reasons: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132016 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816111057 A good use that I can see is combining a Intel D945GCLF2 board with a case that has more that 2 drive bays, using an internal PMP. One of the systems I have is an Atom board in a small Chenbro 2-bay case, which gives surprisingly good performance and is . There is a 4-bay version available but lack of SATA ports on the motherboard kept me from using it. http://www.cooldrives.com/siseata5pomu.html http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811123122 -B -- Brandon High : bhigh at freaks.com