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Subject: Re: [ZFS] Problems with SATA disks (SET TRANSFERT MODE ...)
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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