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KariNeko
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MacPro4,1

00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a22] (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 17
Region 0: I/O ports at 4138
Region 1: I/O ports at 414c
Region 2: I/O ports at 4130
Region 3: I/O ports at 4148
Region 4: I/O ports at 4020
Region 5: Memory at 8b825000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=4/4 Enable-
	Address: fee00000  Data: 40a0
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
	Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-)
	Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [a8] SATA HBA <?>
Capabilities: [b0] PCIe advanced features <?>

 

ASUS P6T X58

00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3a22] (prog-if 01)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:82d4]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 14
Region 0: I/O ports at 8c00
Region 1: I/O ports at 8880
Region 2: I/O ports at 8800
Region 3: I/O ports at 8480
Region 4: I/O ports at 8400
Region 5: Memory at f7ffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/4 Enable+
Address: feeff00c Data: 41b1
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [a8] SATA HBA <?>
Capabilities: [b0] PCIe advanced features <?>

 

Look closely at Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts, it says Enable- on MacPro and Enable+ on X58. My guess is that Mac OS X can't handle Message Handled Interrupts for AHCI correctly, causing the slowdowns.

 

Indeed, on board the GA-X58-UD5 not noticed this problem, I attach lspci-nnvvvb maybe something to help...

 

Gigabye GA-X58-UD5 from lspci-nnvvvb attachment by morganpl

00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3a22] (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard [1458:b005]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 19
Region 0: I/O ports at f900
Region 1: I/O ports at f800
Region 2: I/O ports at f700
Region 3: I/O ports at f600
Region 4: I/O ports at f500
Region 5: Memory at fbffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=4/4 Enable-
	Address: fee00000  Data: 4090
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
	Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-)
	Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [a8] SATA HBA <?>
Capabilities: [b0] PCIe advanced features <?>

 

So it looks like the only one different is the Asus one, as expected.

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csharpmac
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SATA controller under 10.5.8

 

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])

Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82d4

Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-

Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

Latency: 0

Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 20

Region 0: I/O ports at 9c00

Region 1: I/O ports at 9880

Region 2: I/O ports at 9800

Region 3: I/O ports at 9480

Region 4: I/O ports at 9400

Region 5: Memory at f7ffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)

Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=4/4 Enable-

Address: fee00000 Data: 4090

Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3

Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-)

Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

Capabilities: [a8] SATA HBA <?>

Capabilities: [b0] PCIe advanced features <?>

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THe KiNG
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:)

How many times to say where is the bug?

 

Package (0x04) { 0x001FFFFF, 0x01, 0x00, 0x14 }, /* SATA IRQ 20(0x14 in hex) */

Package (0x04) { 0x001FFFFF, 0x00, 0x00, 0x14 }, /* Native IDE IRQ 20(0x14 in hex) */

HPET use the same IRQ, that is our "bug", and that is why works with HPET disabled, or in IDE mode.

10.5x is more permissive, snow is not.

 

Package (0x04) { 0x001FFFFF, 0x01, 0x00, 0x13 }, /* SATA IRQ 19(0x13 in hex) */ -> Gigabye GA-X58-UD5

 

Package (0x04) { 0x001FFFFF, 0x01, 0x00, 0x13 }, /* SATA IRQ 19(0x13 in hex) */ -> MSI X58 SLI

 

Package (0x04) { 0x001FFFFF, 0x01, 0x00, 0x13 }, /* SATA IRQ 17(0x11 in hex) */ -> MacPro4,1

 

The problem is that just changing the IRQ from 0x14 to 0x13 dosen't fix it and leads for "still waiting for root", the whole PCI0 _PRT table must be fixed according to new IRQ that we will use...

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brio2
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:thumbsup_anim:

The King, thank you very much! Just returned from vacation, entered this thread right away. Patched my DSDT following your instructions – works! Both SATA drives in my machine are now running smoothly under 10.6.0.

 

Next up: Upgrading to 10.6.1. Thanks again for your effort!

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csharpmac
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Mate seems you don't understand...just adding those under HPET does nothing...IRQ 2 is still used, look better on what I posted.

Yes I do know what you did! I am actually on the new DSDT now!

I have said that the SOLUTION is on finding the correct values on the DSDT.

I did the first part on the HPET... knew that we had to do more work on the DSDT!

Thanks for your excellent work!

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THe KiNG
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Hello

Yesterday I instaled " FakeSMC 2" by Netkas and all Sata Works in AHCI Mode ;)

Even my burner work Fine whit Toast

You really don't know what is all about...

Still you may be right b/c fakesmc(as real smc) use irq 6, maybe that forced irq reconfiguration on your board....

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dgobe
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@THe KiNG could you post unified diff of the modified DSDT? It'll make it much easier to mod own DSDT. Just run "diff -u dsdt.old dsdt.new" in Terminal.

 

That might be problematic. I'm running BIOS 0504 and my HPET and RTC0 methods already had the correct code. I only had to modify the TMR and PIC. I see there is a new BIOS 0610, anyone try it? Motherboard is Asus P6T Deluxe V2

 

Here's the diff:

--- dsdt.old	2009-09-14 21:06:42.000000000 -0500
+++ dsdt.dsl	2009-09-14 20:35:28.000000000 -0500
@@ -2982,8 +2982,6 @@
						 0x00,			   // Alignment
						 0x02,			   // Length
						 )
-						IRQNoFlags ()
-							{2}
				 })
			 }

@@ -3041,11 +3039,15 @@
					 IO (Decode16,
						 0x0040,			 // Range Minimum
						 0x0040,			 // Range Maximum
-							0x00,			   // Alignment
+							0x01,			   // Alignment
+							0x04,			   // Length
+							)
+							IO (Decode16,
+							0x0050,			 // Range Minimum
+							0x0050,			 // Range Maximum
+							0x01,			   // Alignment
						 0x04,			   // Length
						 )
-						IRQNoFlags ()
-							{0}
				 })
			 }

 

Use at your own risk.

 

SATA working great now, thanks for the hard work @THe KiNG

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jimmydigital00
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The King or CSharpMac or anyone.

 

I have tried for 2 hours now to make these changes to my dsdt.aml file but when I try to recompile I get 2 error messages.

 

Would someone mind making these changes for me and recompiling and sending me a modified dsdt.aml?

 

I would really appreciate it. :(

 

Here is the link to my dsdt.aml I am using now.

It looks like only 2 of the 4 fields need to be changed according to The King.

 

Thanks

 

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=9a454da...04e75f6e8ebb871

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THe KiNG
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Would you mind doing that to my dsdt?

I have tried it multiple times but it will not recompile.

I have a link to my dsdt above.

 

I would be very appreciative.

 

Thanks

 

Jim

Since you started the topic here is my gift http://rapidshare.de/files/48357515/jimmydigital00.zip.html

I will not fix more!

 

P.S. fixed also warnings/remarkss...

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