Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:13:49 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: harware compatibility queustion Message-ID: <20120824031349.GD50918@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <201208240229.q7O2TqD2006138@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <201208240229.q7O2TqD2006138@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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In the last episode (Aug 23), Robert Bonomi said: > I need to add "more than two' internal SATA _ports_ to a box that will be > running FreeBSD 9. > > When I look at inexpensive SATA controllers, they all seem to be using > chipsets thar are _not_ explicitly mentioned in the 'supported hardware' > list. > > Can anyone say, authoritatively, that, say, a 'SiL3114'-based cnntroller > card will work in FreeBSD, as far as 'bare drive' functionality goes? The ata manpage says it supports the "SiI3114" card (even the siliconimage.com webpage uses both "SiI" and "Sil" spellings all over), so you should be safe. > Alternatively, can anybody recommend an inexpensive 4-port (or more) SATA > controller card that is known to work with FreeBSD? -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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