Re: HighPoint RocketRAID 2320

[Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>]

Mark Lord wrote:
> Mark Lord wrote:
>> Davíð Steinn Geirsson wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm throwing this out here in the hopes that someone smarter than me has
>>> a simple solution - never hurts to be optimistic. :)
>>>
>>> I have a HighPoint controller, RocketRAID 2320 (8-port PCIe SATA 
>>> fakeraid). It is only supported by an ugly binary blob deceptively 
>>> labeled as an "open source driver" from HighPoint (rr232x). Looking 
>>> at the wrapper around the blob, it seems this driver claims only the 
>>> 2320 and 2322 controllers:
>>>
>>> static const struct pci_device_id hpt_pci_tbl[] = {
>>>         {PCI_DEVICE(0x1103, 0x2320), 0, 0, 0},
>>>         {PCI_DEVICE(0x1103, 0x2322), 0, 0, 0},
>>>         {}
>>> };
>>>
>>> I've found that this controller contains a marvell 88SX6081 chip, which
>>> should be supported by the sata_mv driver. That driver claims device IDs
>>> 2300 and 2310:
>>>         { PCI_VDEVICE(TTI, 0x2300), chip_7042 },
>>>         { PCI_VDEVICE(TTI, 0x2310), chip_7042 },
>>>
>>> So, ever hopeful, I tried adding the 2320 into the table:
>>>         { PCI_VDEVICE(TTI, 0x2320), chip_608x },
>>>
>>> When I do this, the kernel successfully probes the attached disks and
>>> their capacity, but immediately errors out and starts resetting the
>>> ports repeatedly.
>> ..
>>
>> Send me a clear, in-focus detailed photograph of the board,
>> showing the chip markings very clearly.
> ..
> 
> Never mind -- found one here:
> http://www.taipeitradeshows.com.tw/downloads/2007051104030512475/RR2320.jpg
> 
> The SATA chip is clearly a 88SX6091-8CZ, which is a PCIX 8-port controller.
                             ^^^^^^^^
That was supposed to say 88SX6081 there.  :)
 
> Since it is sitting on a PCIe card, one must assume there's a PCIe-to-PCIX
> bridge hidden under that huge heatsink.
> 
> So if the card does not work in the chip_608x mode,
> there's probably some funny business in that bridge chip.
> 
> Maybe it works *only* in the proprietary RAID mode (?)
> 
> Cheers
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