Intel X58 eSATA port ?

[Mike Tancsa]

Has anyone been able to get this port working ? The BIOS sees the 
disk, but the driver does not


0[i7]# atacontrol list
ATA channel 0:
     Master:      no device present
     Slave:       no device present
ATA channel 1:
     Master:      no device present
     Slave:       no device present
ATA channel 2:
     Master:      no device present
     Slave:       no device present
ATA channel 3:
     Master:      no device present
     Slave:       no device present
ATA channel 4:
     Master:  ad8 <ST380811AS/3.AAE> SATA revision 1.x
     Slave:       no device present
ATA channel 5:
     Master:      no device present
     Slave:       no device present
ATA channel 6:
     Master:      no device present
     Slave:       no device present
0[i7]#

0[i7]# atacontrol detach ata0
0[i7]# atacontrol attach ata0
Master:      no device present
Slave:       no device present
0[i7]#



full dmesg at
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2009-March/004915.html

         ---Mike

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