Bug 162367 - SATA 3.0Gb/s not enabled on Nvidia nForce 430
Summary: SATA 3.0Gb/s not enabled on Nvidia nForce 430
Status: Open
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: kern (show other bugs)
Version: 8.2-RELEASE
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody)
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Reported: 2011-11-08 00:20 UTC by Ronald F. Guilmette
Modified: 2017-12-31 22:32 UTC (History)
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Description Ronald F. Guilmette 2011-11-08 00:20:01 UTC
	I just recently installed 8.2-RELEASE/amd64 on this system and looking
	at dmesg output I noticed:

	ad4: 476940MB <Seagate ST3500320AS SD1A> at ata2-master UDMA100 SATA 1.5Gb/s

	I researched the drive (ST3500320AS) and found that it supports SATA
	@ 3.0Gb/s.  The motherboard allegedly does also.  But as you can see,
	I'm only getting 1.5Gb/s upon booting the system.

	I did some googling around to try to find the cause of the problem,
	and I found suggestions to enable AHCI in the BIOS, but apparently I
	can't, in part because there is no such BIOS option, and also because,
	apparently, the Nvidia nForce 430 doesn't actually support AHCI.

	But the nForce 430 _does_ allegedly support SATA 3.0Gb/s... just not
	via AHCI.  So, you know, I'd like to know if there's a way for me to
	enable the 3.0Gb/s support on this board.  So far I haven't found any
	way to do that.

	Some potentially relevant links:

	http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/help-getting-kernel-to-use-the-ahci-sata-driver-783508/

	  "The MCP61 is nForce 430, isn't it? This chip does not support AHCI."

	http://forums.freebsd.org/archive/index.php/t-22186.html

	http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/ahci.html

Fix: 

Beats me!  I just work here (and I don't do drivers).
How-To-Repeat: 	I would imagine that just installing and booting 8.2-RELEASE/amd64 on
	any motherboard with the Nvidia nForce 430 southbridge will exhibit
	the problem.
Comment 1 Eitan Adler freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2017-12-31 08:01:29 UTC
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