Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 16:21:10 +0200 (CEST) From: Soeren Schmidt <sos@spider.deepcore.dk> To: dave <leimy2k@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: interesting problem Message-ID: <200306061421.h56ELAjE089992@spider.deepcore.dk> In-Reply-To: <B8F61E5A-9827-11D7-B3BF-000393D6D7EE@mac.com>
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It seems dave wrote: > > It seems David Leimbach wrote: > >> So... I have this nice SATA drive and controller which I believe is > >> supported > >> by FreeBSD but not in the default build for releases. > >> > >> What is the best way to cross-build a version of FreeBSD's release > >> ISOs > >> that > >> will include drivers not included in the default distribution? Or is > >> it possible > >> to supply a driver during sysinstall time to have FreeBSD recognize my > >> hard disk? > > > > There is no ATA support that is not included in the stock GENERIC > > kernel, so I'm not sure what you mean here ? > > It would be helpfull to know what controller and disk we are talking > > about, 'a' SATA controller and disk isn't really helpfull :) > > Interesting... I thought for certain someone had told me there was a > driver for the Silicon Image Sil 3112A Controller in FreeBSD. No, that one is no supported (yet). > The disk is a Western Digital "Raptor" > http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/serialata/ > EnterpriseDrives.asp#spec > > So far it works quite nicely with Mandrake 9.1. I have another disk I > can load > FreeBSD onto. How would I go about getting/adding support for this > controller? Get me a 3112 based controller on my desk :) -Søren
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