Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:30:30 +0200 (CEST) From: Soren Schmidt <sos@spider.deepcore.dk> To: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SiI3112 SATA controller problems - status Message-ID: <200309302030.h8UKUUhx025801@spider.deepcore.dk> In-Reply-To: <20030930202842.GE72999@procyon.firepipe.net>
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It seems Will Andrews wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 10:22:33PM +0200, Soren Schmidt wrote: > > No what I mean is that the Raptor is a PATA device fitted with a > > marvell PATA->SATA converter "on board", its not a "pure" SATA > > design, but just the old stuff they used to make with the marvell > > chip kludged on the back :) > > > > The power connector is uninteresting in this context. > > Interesting, since no one's made any PATA drives that spin at > 10,000 RPM as far as I know. For some reason I thought the > interface change allowed for this (but couldn't come up with a > good reason why it would make a difference). :) Hmm, PR? pricing? I guess its easier to make people shell out $$ for a pretty expensive 36G drive if you add SATA to the mix of features :) > Thanks for your work, btw. I try :) -Søren
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