From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 3 23:06:25 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B857106564A for ; Sat, 3 Dec 2011 23:06:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C39A88FC13 for ; Sat, 3 Dec 2011 23:06:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnp1 with SMTP id p1so1692360ggn.13 for ; Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:06:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=yaWCwHbOIhQlF5ePEHdHrfIBcVcJ4bUajfxkjdODCK0=; b=ZenhPcKTZj6wLgaRqij1OVJhgidZGaQfAAuiqbilcn4yUi9up/7uOyzbIFQjgg0pog fiewLr1EyNEen0Im/oxN7yNyMOHsEMeDBZG59HLXqgYf5AXAXhQeqrMEdfwMklBOTjcj XUCxAuY5K72+edH8TFuvVnUNU/0obgKQrOvaA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.154.66 with SMTP id vm2mr691410obb.52.1322953584006; Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:06:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.182.62.227 with HTTP; Sat, 3 Dec 2011 15:06:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <44b3c0f48d1cf64cc9237881c43c2be4.squirrel@eternamente.info> References: <44b3c0f48d1cf64cc9237881c43c2be4.squirrel@eternamente.info> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 15:06:23 -0800 Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Nenhum_de_Nos Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sil3124 + Sil4726 PortMultipier and FreeBSD9 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:06:25 -0000 On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Nenhum_de_Nos wrote: > hail, > > I've heard great things about sil3124 and FreeBSD 8+ (saw mav@ talking in lists and forum). But > I'm planning a home server, I already have an Atom board from Intel (old Atom 330), Soekris > 6501-70 and Sil3124 PCI. I saw that both ICH7 and NM10 can't deal with port multipliers, so my > focus is on the Sil3124 now. I heard from internet that Sil4726+SIl3124 got random resets, > although that was some time ago and on linux lists. > > So as I'm about to buy the Port Multiplier, and as I'll run FreeBSD 9 on it, anyone here have any > experiences on this regard and is willing to share ? > > this is a small footprint server, I plan to have 6-8 disks and may become ZFS based. > > I plan to buy this port multiplier http://www.addonics.com/products/ad5sahpm-ea.php What are your requirements (need compile toolchain, needs to be a fileserver, etc)? Thanks, -Garrett