RockPro64 ASM1062 SATA Controller disk not detected

[P0SlX]

Hi, I got a RockPro64 on 21.02.1 with a PCIe to SATA (2 ports) Controller.
I already know that this card works because I got a Debian on the eMMC, and OpenWrt is on the SD card.
The card is recognized, but no disks are.

Here is the output of lsblk

root@OpenWrt:~# lsblk
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
mtdblock0    31:0    0   16M  0 disk 
mmcblk0     179:0    0  1.8G  0 disk 
├─mmcblk0p1 179:1    0   16M  0 part 
└─mmcblk0p2 179:2    0  104M  0 part /

And lspci

root@OpenWrt:~# lspci
00:00.0 PCI bridge: Rockchip Electronics Co., Ltd RK3399 PCI Express Root Port
01:00.0 SATA controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)

I tried with 1 and 2 drives attached (they are in RAID 1) with no success.

If you have any idea to make this card works, please let me know.

Thanks.

[slh]

My first guess would be that you haven't installed the necessary kernel modules (kmod-ata-ahci) for your PCIe SATA controller (it's not a default device, so OpenWrt doesn't have it preinstalled).

E.g. (from an x86_64 system):

$ lspci -knn
[…]
04:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller [1b21:0612] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Motherboard [1849:0612]
        Kernel driver in use: ahci
        Kernel modules: ahci

[diizzy]

I'm going to guess that you probably need a newer kernel (ie try using trunk), there have also been a few reports (in general) that the card you're using (I'm guessing you got it from Pine64) may be a bit unstable in SATA3 (600) mode but reliable in SATA2 (300) but that wouldn't affect overall detection.

Also, if you have the one with a lot of jumpers (https://www.eetgroup.com/sv-se/mcsata3t4-microconnect-4-port-sata30-pcie-card-wid-w124663235) make sure they're in the correct position

You could also try using FreeBSD 13-STABLE (13.0-RELEASE does have a few issues using the RockPro64) to see if your HDDs gets detected.
http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/13.0/FreeBSD-13.0-STABLE-arm64-aarch64-ROCKPRO64-20211223-b30e760ce73-248689.img.xz (just extract and write to a SD-card)

..also, keep in mind that if you're powering the HDDs off the board it's only meant for 2.5" HDDs (or SSDs) and a pretty beefy PSU (4A+) as 3.5" draws too much current (power).

ROCKPro64 Power Cable for dual SATA Drives - PINE STORE