From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 29 20:57:10 2004 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 267A216A4D1 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:57:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp1.powertech.no (smtp1.powertech.no [195.159.0.145]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 328D543D49 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:57:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frode@nordahl.net) Received: from [192.168.1.35] (ti211110a080-5666.bb.online.no [80.213.182.36]) by smtp1.powertech.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id BED2D82FD for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:57:07 +0100 (CET) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <3BE1BF5E-4249-11D9-9F7A-000A95A9A574@nordahl.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org From: Frode Nordahl Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:57:08 +0100 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Subject: Got rid of my SiI3112A 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: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:57:11 -0000 Hello, I have at last given up on the hope that the above mentioned hardware will work any time soon, so I'm waiting for my Promise TX2200 cards to arrive tomorrow! :-) But as things are today, I think it would be best to remove support for SiI3112A. Especially since the general attitude towards it is "it's too broke, we don't want to waste any more time on it". Attempting to use it in a 5.3-RELEASE or 6-CURRENT system will most likelly make your system crash and burn, and make your data unrecoverable beyond repair. I think FreeBSD ATA subsystem rocks and beats any ATA subsystem in existance, but when we know something doesn't work with it, we should not pretend it does. Mvh, Frode Nordahl