Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:11:06 -0500 From: "Rick C. Petty" <rick-freebsd@kiwi-computer.com> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [ZFS] Problems with SATA disks (SET TRANSFERT MODE ...) Message-ID: <20070417161106.GA86245@keira.kiwi-computer.com> In-Reply-To: <86bqhn9xl4.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <55456.62.212.122.219.1176733664.squirrel@webmail.ledisez.net> <86ps64nzu3.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20070416221842.GA56883@keira.kiwi-computer.com> <86bqhn9xl4.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 11:09:11AM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote: > "Rick C. Petty" <rick-freebsd@kiwi-computer.com> writes: > > My advice: Stay away from Promise, or at least the "Promise PDC40718 > > SATA300 controller" but I've heard the same horror stories with > > numerous other chips. > > What's the alternative? Silicon Image? I can't seem to find a SATA > controller which isn't either Promise or Silicon Image. Pretty much. It's even harder to avoid Promise if you want 4 separate channels on one card (as opposed to 2 shared channels for 4 devices). The ideal solution is to figure out why the Promise doesn't properly reinitialize after a detach/attach.. if that's even possible. -- Rick C. Petty
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