From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 13 20:00:49 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B2A1106566C for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:00:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mavbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCF018FC0C for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:00:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so4000477bwz.3 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:00:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Z+ISFoXPWaluqipmFy/hnD/KXc6FqX87qsRpTVXqiKg=; b=ZeDnW8CXvPep+lDI/9yQwQJ+lcjtxb9YRP53fT2GqqktFZnR63oFE6J/x0ydRFea79 sakvKc9w+t3Fg2RhmQgxKu/MkiSjmwlecnAZ8iQa55+sJTL6NFUEBy4QlJw8VtHxXdFd +j3aQwEyLUtF9q394YGfNz5E7vlXsnDW52yIc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HVpAVBfW9qx0RCplZzBQRVZ3zYxjNQpLXVrQSvKfK2A6UPuigbEEUUnl3iex6R2mdJ /AJ+ta9DcA2khyLfa1R68rdl8iO8NTJeqEwatc3dSukgDPIGKBqQ7odkShm3YheyDPmV pOThLwrhNewLkQLMcSNOnY7NYEA693bXcVbK8= Received: by 10.204.49.79 with SMTP id u15mr191672bkf.117.1258142447113; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:00:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from mavbook.mavhome.dp.ua (pc.mavhome.dp.ua [212.86.226.226]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 14sm69088fxm.7.2009.11.13.12.00.44 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:00:46 -0800 (PST) Sender: Alexander Motin Message-ID: <4AFDBAEB.2020903@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:00:43 +0200 From: Alexander Motin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090901) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patrick Proniewski References: <1258136580.00183277.1258123203@10.7.7.3> In-Reply-To: <1258136580.00183277.1258123203@10.7.7.3> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec 1405 on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:00:49 -0000 Patrick Proniewski wrote: > Any idea about the FreeBSD support for Adaptec 1405 (ASC-1405)? I doubt. It is more SAS then SATA card. > Any PCIe card suggestion is appreciated. FreeBSD 6.x is already legacy. If you are building something new, you should look forward. What I have tested: - SiI3124-based - fast and functional. It is actually PCI-X one, but there are many boards with built-in PCIe bridges. - two SiI3132-based (Adaptec 1420SA and many others) - as cheap PCIe x1 alternative (max 150MB/s per card). These two better supported with new siis(4) driver on 8.0, but should work on 7.x with ata(4), haven't looked lower. - First generation of SiI chips (SiI3114). They are quite old - SATA1 and PCI, but they are long-time supported and they take all possible from PCI bus, and in 66MHz PCI-X slot can give even more. But I have heard some negative comments about them. - Supermicro SAT2-MV8 on Marvell - recently tested it on 8.0, supported in 7.x and probably before. Adaptec 1420SA is from the same series. But they are PCI-X (tested it in PCI). - Adaptec 1430SA - PCIe, based on newer Marvell chip. Added basic support recently to 8-STABLE. Not supported before. - most of chipset-integrated controllers (Intel, NVidia) are really not bad when working in AHCI mode (they are not limited by bus speed). - JMicron-based PCIe x1 adapters. They are cheap, AHCI-compatible and not so bad, but limited by bus speed at about 180MB/s per card. -- Alexander Motin