Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 10:13:24 -0400 From: jason henson <jason@ec.rr.com> To: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is ata2 ? Message-ID: <426F9E04.7090407@ec.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20050427063933.34691.qmail@web54002.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050427063933.34691.qmail@web54002.mail.yahoo.com>
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Rob wrote: >--- jason henson <jason@ec.rr.com> wrote: > > >>Rob wrote: >> >> >> >>>Joel wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 18:44:18 -0700 (PDT) >>>>Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> wrote >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>I'm running FreeBSD on a range of PCs, from >>>>>Pentium-1 (60 MHz) to Pentium-4 (2.60GHz), though >>>>>none but one has a 'ata2' line in the dmesg >>>>>output: >>>>> >>>>>ata0: channel #0 on atapci0 >>>>>ata1: channel #1 on atapci0 >>>>>... >>>>>ata2: <Generic ESDI/IDE/ATA controller> at port >>>>> 0x36e-0x36f,0x168-0x16f irq 10 on isa0 >>>>>ad0: 6149MB <QUANTUM FIREBALL EX6.4A/A0A.0D00> >>>>> [13328/15/63] at ata0-master UDMA33 >>>>>ad1: 4892MB <QUANTUM FIREBALL EL5.1A/A08.1100> >>>>> [10602/15/63] at ata0-slave UDMA33 >>>>>acd0: CDROM <GCR-8521B/1.02> at ata1-master PIO4 >>>>> >>>>>What is so special about this particular PC, that >>>>>it has an ata2, unlike all other PCs I have? >>>>> >>>>>Can I add more than 4 disks (2 masters + 2 >>>>>slaves) >>>>>to this PC? Or is this ata2 for something else? >>>>> >>>>> >>You have more than 2 controllers. A whole dmesg >>would help, or just tell us your make/model of >>your motherboard. >> >> > >Don't know the details of my motherboard. >Whole dmesg output is here: > http://surfion.snu.ac.kr/~lahaye/dmesg.boot > > > So you have an intel 440bx chipset. From what I see at intel's site there is just the standard ide controller on the chipset. Ata 0 and 1 are intel for sure, and like some one else said the ata2 is likely an add in card or an extra chip on your motherboard.
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