From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Feb 12 9:49: 8 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCFD937B401 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:49:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailc.telia.com (mailc.telia.com [194.22.190.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 840C843FAF for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:49:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from home@jukkis.net) Received: from d1o989.telia.com (d1o989.telia.com [213.65.228.241]) by mailc.telia.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h1CHn331026141; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:49:04 +0100 (CET) X-Original-Recipient: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from sjukebox.js.serverbox.org (h80n2fls32o989.telia.com [217.208.125.80]) by d1o989.telia.com (8.10.2/8.10.1) with ESMTP id h1CHn3B19256; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:49:03 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: Serial ATA From: Jukka Simila To: Jason Andresen Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3E4A7951.4020607@mitre.org> References: <3E4A7951.4020607@mitre.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1045072200.621.14.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 12 Feb 2003 18:50:01 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 17:41, Jason Andresen wrote: > Hello, > Does anybody know if any Serial ATA cards are supported in FreeBSD? In > particular, is the 4 port Promise SATA150 TX4 supported? > > I don't see anything in the hardware list, but has anybody had any luck > with these cards? > > My thought on this matter was to avoid the PCI interrupt issues by just > using one of those somewhat inexpensive Serial ATA cards with 4+ ports > and Serial->Parallel ATA converters on the HDDs (which aren't as > inexpensive as I'd like but still within reason). Apparently nobody > makes an affordable 4 port Parallel ATA controller, they're all pricy > RAID solutions. Dont know about SATA150, but: If Promise SX6000 is out of question, then what about Highpoint RocketRaid 404? That has HPT374 chip, and at least hardware notes say HPT374 works. In sweden, RocketRaid 404 =~ EUR 130, Promise SATA 150 =~ EUR 95. I'm sure the cost of 4 adapters would fill that gap? (i didn't check the exact exchange rates at the moment but you see the approximate..) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message