AIC 8110

AIC 8110

[Bogdan Costescu]

Hi!

Does anyone has some information about Adaptec's AIC 8110 SATA adapter ?

I can see it used on mainboards like Asus PSCH-SR/SATA, but I couldn't
find any information about Linux support. One of the Google searches
returned a hit suggesting that it's just a rebranded Silicon Image
chip, but without specifying which chip...

Thanks in advance for any hint!

-- 
Bogdan Costescu

IWR - Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum fuer Wissenschaftliches Rechnen
Universitaet Heidelberg, INF 368, D-69120 Heidelberg, GERMANY
Telephone: +49 6221 54 8869, Telefax: +49 6221 54 8868
E-mail: Bogdan.Costescu@IWR.Uni-Heidelberg.De

Re: AIC 8110

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:24:56 +0100 (CET), Bogdan Costescu
<Bogdan.Costescu@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi!

Hi Bogdan,
 
> Does anyone has some information about Adaptec's AIC 8110 SATA adapter ?
> 
> I can see it used on mainboards like Asus PSCH-SR/SATA, but I couldn't
> find any information about Linux support. One of the Google searches
> returned a hit suggesting that it's just a rebranded Silicon Image
> chip, but without specifying which chip...

Since it is 4xSATA controller I bet that it is based on SiL3114.
You can add the PCI ID to drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c and give it a go...
 
Bartlomiej

Re: AIC 8110

[Bogdan Costescu]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:

> Since it is 4xSATA controller I bet that it is based on SiL3114.
> You can add the PCI ID to drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c and give it a go...

Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't have the mainboard yet. I just 
wanted to check whether this chip is supported, as about the only 
difference between this Asus mainboard and Tyan Tomcat i7210 is that 
Tyan uses a real Sil3114 :-)

I like more the design of the Asus mainboard (better airflow with the 
case and components that I have), so I will wait a bit with the 
purchase decision to give more people a chance to reply.

-- 
Bogdan Costescu

IWR - Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum fuer Wissenschaftliches Rechnen
Universitaet Heidelberg, INF 368, D-69120 Heidelberg, GERMANY
Telephone: +49 6221 54 8869, Telefax: +49 6221 54 8868
E-mail: Bogdan.Costescu@IWR.Uni-Heidelberg.De

Re: AIC 8110

[Sergey Vlasov]

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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:34:33 +0100 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:24:56 +0100 (CET), Bogdan Costescu
> <Bogdan.Costescu@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi!
> 
> Hi Bogdan,
>  
> > Does anyone has some information about Adaptec's AIC 8110 SATA adapter ?
> > 
> > I can see it used on mainboards like Asus PSCH-SR/SATA, but I couldn't
> > find any information about Linux support. One of the Google searches
> > returned a hit suggesting that it's just a rebranded Silicon Image
> > chip, but without specifying which chip...
> 
> Since it is 4xSATA controller I bet that it is based on SiL3114.

Does not seem to be the case.  The Windows .inf file contains these PCI IDs:

  PCI\VEN_11ab&DEV_5041
  PCI\VEN_11ab&DEV_5081

which, according to the pci.ids file, are:

11ab  Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
	5041  MV88SX5041 4-port SATA I PCI-X Controller
	5081  MV88SX5081 8-port SATA I PCI-X Controller

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Re: AIC 8110

[Bogdan Costescu]

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, Sergey Vlasov wrote:

> 11ab  Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
> 	5041  MV88SX5041 4-port SATA I PCI-X Controller
> 	5081  MV88SX5081 8-port SATA I PCI-X Controller

I have the mainboard now, so I can confirm this. Lower on the Adaptec
chip it is written 88SX5541-BCL and underneath it the Marvel logo.

-- 
Bogdan Costescu

IWR - Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum fuer Wissenschaftliches Rechnen
Universitaet Heidelberg, INF 368, D-69120 Heidelberg, GERMANY
Telephone: +49 6221 54 8869, Telefax: +49 6221 54 8868
E-mail: Bogdan.Costescu@IWR.Uni-Heidelberg.De