Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:18:59 -0600 (CST) From: Craig Boston <craig@meoqu.gank.org> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multiple Promise controllers Message-ID: <20020125191859.C7B1C62B3@mail.gank.org> In-Reply-To: <20020125102447.A18865@mikea.ath.cx> References: <3C518444.2EBCCD83@mitre.org> <20020125102447.A18865@mikea.ath.cx>
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On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 10:24:47 -0600 mikea <mikea@mikea.ath.cx> wrote: > If the manufacturer says you can only use, or that they only > support, one card in the system, then what basis in fact do > you have for thinking it possible to use two? I use two with no problem on 4.4-STABLE: atapci1: <Promise TX2 ATA100 controller> port 0xff60-0xff6f,0xff88-0xff8b,0xff80-0xff87,0xff8c-0xff8f,0xffa0-0xffa7 mem 0xffbe4000-0xffbe7fff irq 5 at device 17.0 on pci0 ata2: at 0xffa0 on atapci1 ata3: at 0xff80 on atapci1 atapci2: <Promise TX2 ATA100 controller> port 0xff90-0xff9f,0xffe0-0xffe3,0xffa8-0xffaf,0xffe4-0xffe7,0xfff0-0xfff7 mem 0xffbec000-0xffbeffff irq 11 at device 19.0 on pci0 ata4: at 0xfff0 on atapci2 ata5: at 0xffa8 on atapci2 ad4: 19092MB <ST320413A> [38792/16/63] at ata2-master UDMA100 ad6: 19092MB <ST320413A> [38792/16/63] at ata3-master UDMA100 ad8: 19092MB <ST320413A> [38792/16/63] at ata4-master UDMA100 ... etc etc ... I don't know why they are saying they don't support two in a machine -- the on-card BIOS is even nice enough to only run once and it shows all eight possible devices in the same screen together! :) Never tried 3, though. I don't remember seeing anything in the manual about multiple controllers. Maybe that's just something their tech support people say... I have also had success using multiple SIIG-brand ATA controllers. Despite previous bad experiences with some of their (admittedly the cheapest in the store :) hardware, I've had good luck with their IDE stuff. I don't remember exactly which chip it uses; the machine I have them in is at home and powered off at the moment. YMMV. Craig To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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