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Date:      Mon, 17 Mar 2003 07:40:27 -0500
From:      Mark Jacobs <mark.jacobs@custserv.com>
To:        Soeren Schmidt <sos@spider.deepcore.dk>, Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
Cc:        Mark Jacobs <jacobsm@gate.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Serial ATA support in FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <200303170740.28226.mark.jacobs@custserv.com>
In-Reply-To: <200303170813.h2H8DTG5003994@spider.deepcore.dk>
References:  <200303170813.h2H8DTG5003994@spider.deepcore.dk>

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On Monday 17 March 2003 03:13 am, Soeren Schmidt wrote:
> It seems Matthew Emmerton wrote:
> > > Received no responses the first time, so am trying again.
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------=
=2D-
> > >-- I am in the process of building a new system and was looking at usi=
ng
> > > the new Seagate Barracuda Serial ATA drives.
> > > Does FreeBSD 4.x, or 5.x support SATA?
> > > Mark Jacobs
> >
> > If FreeBSD can detect the SATA controller, then I imagine it would
> > support it just fine, since the same command set is used on the software
> > side.
>
> Currently the only (known) support SATA controllers are the Highpoint 15x0
> series (they are just old PATA chips with PATA -> SATA converters).
>
> > Are you offering to donate a SATA controller / SATA-equipped motherboard
> > to Soren to make this a reality? <g>
>
> That would be nice indeed, I do have Promise's SATA products, but I'm
> looking for all other SATA controllers and *especially* SATA disks...
>
> -S=F8ren

The motherboard I am looking to get is the Asus NForce2 A7N8X deluxe.
The SATA connector supported by the SiliconImage SATALINK chipset Sil31122

Mark Jacobs

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