From rfg@tristatelogic.com Tue Nov 8 00:18:44 2011 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B4F51065673 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 00:18:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfg@tristatelogic.com) Received: from outgoing.tristatelogic.com (segfault.tristatelogic.com [69.62.255.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C09C8FC1A for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 00:18:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by segfault.tristatelogic.com (Postfix, from userid 1237) id 14E9A50837; Mon, 7 Nov 2011 16:18:42 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20111108001842.14E9A50837@segfault.tristatelogic.com> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 16:18:42 -0800 (PST) From: Ronald F.Guilmette Reply-To: Ronald F.Guilmette To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: SATA 3.0Gb/s not enabled on Nvidia nForce 430 X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 X-GNATS-Notify: >Number: 162367 >Category: kern >Synopsis: SATA 3.0Gb/s not enabled on Nvidia nForce 430 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 08 00:20:01 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ronald F. Guilmette >Release: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE amd64 >Organization: entropy >Environment: 8.2-RELEASE GENERIC amd64 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M55plus-S3G (chipset Nvidia Gforce 6100 + Nvidia nForce 430) Drive: Seagate ST3500320AS >Description: I just recently installed 8.2-RELEASE/amd64 on this system and looking at dmesg output I noticed: ad4: 476940MB at ata2-master UDMA100 SATA 1.5Gb/s I researched the drive (ST3500320AS) and found that it supports SATA @ 3.0Gb/s. The motherboard allegedly does also. But as you can see, I'm only getting 1.5Gb/s upon booting the system. I did some googling around to try to find the cause of the problem, and I found suggestions to enable AHCI in the BIOS, but apparently I can't, in part because there is no such BIOS option, and also because, apparently, the Nvidia nForce 430 doesn't actually support AHCI. But the nForce 430 _does_ allegedly support SATA 3.0Gb/s... just not via AHCI. So, you know, I'd like to know if there's a way for me to enable the 3.0Gb/s support on this board. So far I haven't found any way to do that. Some potentially relevant links: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/help-getting-kernel-to-use-the-ahci-sata-driver-783508/ "The MCP61 is nForce 430, isn't it? This chip does not support AHCI." http://forums.freebsd.org/archive/index.php/t-22186.html http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/ahci.html >How-To-Repeat: I would imagine that just installing and booting 8.2-RELEASE/amd64 on any motherboard with the Nvidia nForce 430 southbridge will exhibit the problem. >Fix: Beats me! I just work here (and I don't do drivers). >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: