From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 22 15:12:45 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A383837B401 for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 15:12:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE6B743F75 for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 15:12:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from des@ofug.org) Received: by flood.ping.uio.no (Postfix, from userid 2602) id CD7C3530E; Fri, 23 May 2003 00:12:42 +0200 (CEST) X-URL: http://www.ofug.org/~des/ X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. To: Scott Long References: <7781430.1053626572205.JavaMail.leimy2k@mac.com> <3ECD1373.6040305@btc.adaptec.com> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 00:12:42 +0200 In-Reply-To: <3ECD1373.6040305@btc.adaptec.com> (Scott Long's message of "Thu, 22 May 2003 12:14:11 -0600") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1001 (Gnus v5.10.1) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA and FBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 22:12:45 -0000 Scott Long writes: > It all depends on the controller chip. The ATA driver was recently > updated to recognise the SATA controller in the new Intel ICH5 chips. I believe we also support Promise SATA150 controllers (TX2 / TX4 / TX4000), since Promise have been kind enough to provide sos@ with hardware and documentation. I, for one, would choose a Promise controller for that reason alone. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org