From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 12 19:19:41 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A5401065688 for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 19:19:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mandrews@bit0.com) Received: from magnum.bit0.com (magnum.bit0.com [207.246.88.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB2178FC17 for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 19:19:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from magnum.bit0.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by magnum.bit0.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACFC3113ED for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 14:59:53 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=bit0.com; h=message-id :date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=boogity; bh=YNhv4/ag2 f6NhgsZUpIaqPXNcFbTM2zSxcnIn5sbE60=; b=EJSjcOlWduSmCIbrfp/WD8bSE vk44YSTg0coKRCqIFwEwCNDPVHdkpAtHb7SHtrfjy+CIi33UgIf2wZhyFJjI9GY3 b8yrPgszKnyyWm7p6myZ60zJp+GFv2oT3WWCM8r6Cnk6RHbcOb1+zSPWc+VxSWZU RR978/HaDAtRAMNRys= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=bit0.com; h=message-id:date :from:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=boogity; b=fdw 3vuxmXJnidoB2f5T0xdAwkZxsSSGOabDRTzBTJRlhN4x57a/Ar+pC+aStC6QubvF 3hRItPG5nhZIaMNWN219JB/MUpHYzCO6DoxCAxLdsV936yUqbYqpmCPLTTPLuVox m8Lzj6xguIV9JHy9Pr5HXFakgrJheOHF9B+WWCRE= Received: from [172.27.0.11] (207-246-87-56.dsl.static.blueone.net [207.246.87.56]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by magnum.bit0.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7B276113EC for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 14:59:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4BEAFADC.8090400@bit0.com> Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 15:00:44 -0400 From: Mike Andrews User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091204 Thunderbird/3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org References: <386700559.20100512213725@serebryakov.spb.ru> <4BEAF26A.8050900@wensing.org> In-Reply-To: <4BEAF26A.8050900@wensing.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Add more HDDs to system based on ICH10R: PICe SATA controller vs SATA port muiltiplier X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 19:19:41 -0000 On 5/12/2010 2:24 PM, Andre Wensing wrote: > For what i've read so far: there's a Supermicro card that seems to work, > but it's apparently a reversed card of some sort. That is the one of the > few non-RAID card that is supported under FreeBSD besides some > Sil-chipset-based ones. You're probably talking about Supermicro's "UIO" card, which is a PCI-E card with the bracket mounted backwards. The normal non-reversed version of that is the LSI SAS 3081E-R and 3041E-R. There's two sets of firmware, one that does really minimalist RAID, and one that's just a straight-up host adapter. Either way, it uses the mpt driver. I remember the 3081E-R was once right around $200 but I can't find it that cheap anymore, maybe because the 6Gbit LSI 9211 line came out to replace it... which IS still under $300 but I don't know if FreeBSD supports it.