[SOLVED] Re: Support for (new?) Silicon Image PCI SATA controller

["Wesley J. Landaker" <wjl@icecavern.net>]

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On Thursday 09 November 2006 16:59, Wesley J. Landaker wrote:
> On Thursday 09 November 2006 16:40, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 08:37:23AM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > > >00:10.0 Mass storage controller [0180]: Silicon Image, Inc. Unknown
> > > > device [1095:2502] (rev 01)
> > > >        Subsystem: Silicon Image, Inc. Unknown device [1095:2512]
> > >
> > > SIMG says there's no such device and it's probably bad hardware
> > > (probably a 3512) with stuck bits in PCI ID.  If you bought it, ask
> > > for replacement.
> >
> > It could also be a problem with his motherboard.  I'd try it in a
> > different slot (or in a different machine) before returning the card
> > as bad.
>
> Guys, thank you. Your suggestion about a stuck bit sounds reasonable,
> since I couldn't find any indication of any device IDs from SI that
> matched... that's why I originally assumed it was a new device (since the
> hardware is supposedly fairly recent).
>
> I will try this out in a different motherboard slot and if there's no
> luck there see if I can get this card replaced.
>
> Thank for the help, and hopefully I can get it working. =)

Just to follow up with this, I got another new SATA card (just in case) and 
had another chance to take down the server in question and try to fix this. 

I did some testing with the other card and other slots and it was definitely 
the motherboard PCI slot that had problems. 

A different card in the same slot failed, moving to a different slot with 
the either card worked immediately. It's now shows up as I would have 
expected. Whew!

00:0f.0 Mass storage controller [0180]: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512 
[SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller [1095:3512] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3512 SATALink Controller 
[1095:3512]

Anyway, thanks everyone for your help.

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