Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 11:46:51 -0500 From: Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org> To: Attila Nagy <bra@fsn.hu> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multiple Promise controllers Message-ID: <3C55807B.2CD7BC69@mitre.org> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0201281139100.10382-100000@scribble.fsn.hu>
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Attila Nagy wrote: > > Hello, > > > This brings me to my final option: has anybody managed to mix IDE > > controller cards successfully? What cards are good for this? > Quoting Soren Schmidt: > > Q: "Is it possible to use multiple Promise ATA-100 cards in one machine? > If yes, how much?" > A: "Yes, you should be able to use as many as you have PCI slots for. > I have made systems with 3 promises with no problems." With DMA though? :) FreeBSD is happy to run the card, in PIO mode... > And: "Well, I would buy HPT370 based cards, like the Abit hotrod100, the > HPT370 chip is a far better design than the promise, and gives better > performance." > > So I think it is possible to use more than two Promise ATA cards, but the > HPT 37x is the preferred way, by the ATA-driver author. Thanks! That's exactly the info I was looking for. Where did you find this FAQ by the way? I never found anything even remotely like it when searching through google. I'm sure it's someplace obvious. :) -- \ |_ _|__ __|_ \ __| Jason Andresen jandrese@mitre.org |\/ | | | / _| Network and Distributed Systems Engineer _| _|___| _| _|_\___| Office: 703-883-7755 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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