From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 1 06:51:48 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3474C16A4B3 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 06:51:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iota.root-servers.ch (iota.root-servers.ch [193.41.193.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 97F4743FFB for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 06:51:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gaml@buz.ch) Received: (qmail 21763 invoked from network); 1 Oct 2003 13:51:38 -0000 Received: from dclient217-162-130-157.hispeed.ch (HELO ga) (217.162.130.157) by 0 with SMTP; 1 Oct 2003 13:51:38 -0000 Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 15:52:59 +0200 From: Gabriel Ambuehl X-Mailer: The Bat! (v2.00.6) UNREG / CD5BF9353B3B7091 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <125336884921.20031001155259@buz.ch> In-Reply-To: <200309302030.h8UKUUhx025801@spider.deepcore.dk> References: <20030930202842.GE72999@procyon.firepipe.net> <200309302030.h8UKUUhx025801@spider.deepcore.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: SiI3112 SATA controller problems - status X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Gabriel Ambuehl List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 13:51:48 -0000 Hi Soren Schmidt, you wrote. SS> 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). :) SS> Hmm, PR? pricing? I guess its easier to make people shell out $$ SS> for a pretty expensive 36G drive if you add SATA to the mix of features :) Actually, that drive is more like a SCSI drive with SATA connectors. FWIW, it's still cheaper than a SCSI drive with the same specs and it got 5 years warranty so I hope it is actually built better than the desktop crap we see dying like the flies here (hint: massive airstream over the disks helps a lot, cooler disks live much longer, so if you can accept the noise, get some badass 12CM fan to cool them ;-). Regards, Gabriel