Marvell 88SE9120

[Ibes]

Back in FreeNAS 8.x, I'm 99% sure this card worked flawlessly, but as of 9.2, it doesn't seem to detect the card at all.

It could be that this is totally unrelated to driver issues or FreeNAS.

I just wanted to see if any of you could help point me in the right direction.

Code:

[root@freenas ~]# dmesg | grep Marvell
[root@freenas ~]# dmesg | grep SATA                                                                                               
ahci0: <ATI IXP700 AHCI SATA controller> port 0xc000-0xc007,0xb000-0xb003,0xa000-0xa007,0x9000-0x9003,0x8000-0x800f mem 0xfe9ffc00-0
xfe9fffff irq 22 at device 17.0 on pci0                                                                                           
ada0: <ST2000DM001-1CH164 CC26> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device                                                                             
ada0: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)                                                                       
ada1: <ST2000DM001-1CH164 CC26> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device                                                                             
ada1: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)                                                                       
ada2: <ST2000DM001-1CH164 CC26> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device                                                                             
ada2: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)                                                                       
ada3: <ST2000DM001-1CH164 CC26> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device                                                                             
ada3: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)                                                                       
ada4: <ST2000DM001-9YN164 CC4H> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device                                                                             
ada4: 150.000MB/s transfers (SATA, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)                                                                           
ada5: <ST2000DM001-9YN164 CC4H> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device                                                                             
ada5: 150.000MB/s transfers (SATA, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)                                                                           
[root@freenas ~]# dmesg | grep ahci                                                                                               
ahci0: <ATI IXP700 AHCI SATA controller> port 0xc000-0xc007,0xb000-0xb003,0xa000-0xa007,0x9000-0x9003,0x8000-0x800f mem 0xfe9ffc00-0
xfe9fffff irq 22 at device 17.0 on pci0                                                                                           
ahci0: AHCI v1.10 with 4 3Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported                                                                   
ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0                                                                                     
ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0                                                                                     
ahcich2: <AHCI channel> at channel 2 on ahci0                                                                                     
ahcich3: <AHCI channel> at channel 3 on ahci0                                                                                     
ada0 at ahcich0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0                                                                                       
ada1 at ahcich1 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0                                                                                       
ada2 at ahcich2 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0                                                                                       
ada3 at ahcich3 bus 0 scbus3 target 0 lun 0
[root@freenas ~]# dmesg | grep freenas                                                                                             
    root@build3.ixsystems.com:/tank/home/jkh/build/9.2.1/freenas/os-base/amd64/fusion/jkh/9.2.1/freenas/FreeBSD/src/sys/FREENAS.amd64 amd64

I'm going to try downgrading to an older version I used to have to see if the card is suddenly recognized or not. This is in an attempt to try to eliminate hardware (i.e. the card) failure as a possible cause. I can't find any evidence that the card even exists. My experience with hardware in *nix is somewhat limited, but my experience with BASH is pretty solid, so just let me know if there's any additional commands I should run to try to check on the hardware.

 

[Ibes]

No luck there, it looks like 8.2 can't even recognize my network card. It must have been 8.3 or so that I last had working on that NAS. I'll play around with 8.3 tomorrow, if I have time.

I did see this post: http://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/marvell-sata-88se9125-88se9120.486/, but it's unclear to me what I should be doing based on the information in that post.

This is the exact PCI-E card I bought: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BI4Z51Q/?tag=ozlp-20

 

[cyberjock]

That card isn't on our recommended list because it's not a very good controller. Not surprisingly, you are having problems. Cheap stuff like that is a red-flag and is very very likely to not work right with FreeBSD. Syba basically buys the Marvell stuff, makes any modifications to the standard config they want, puts their name on it and sells it. If they make any significant modifications the card may or may not work with the FreeBSD driver.

If you read the forums Marvell has been an on-again-and-off-again problem. They aren't very well supported throughout their product line on FreeBSD and choosing something that is compatible is very hit and miss.

Can you post the rest of your hardware too just to make sure there's no conflict or anything obviously wrong?

The best advice(and the likely outcome of your efforts) is like to be to get a controller that is definitely supported and use that instead of what you have.

 

[Ibes]

Sorry for not responding sooner. I took your advice and picked up a recommended card, the M1015. I flashed it to IT mode, and it's working beautifully. I'm restoring my data to the new RAIDZ2 array now.

I really appreciate the promptness and helpfulness of your reply. It confirmed my suspicion that I needed to pick up a new card for expanding my SATA ports.

 

[cyberjock]

Glad it works for you. The M1015 is king of FreeNAS!