From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 11 12:16:39 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 8635016A4CE for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 12:16:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from cmsrelay03.mx.net (cmsrelay03.mx.net [165.212.11.112]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5B95C43D2F for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 12:16:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from noackjr@alumni.rice.edu) Received: from uadvg137.cms.usa.net (165.212.11.137) by cmsoutbound.mx.net with SMTP; 11 Mar 2004 20:16:38 -0000 Received: from optimator.noacks.org [65.69.1.61] by uadvg137.cms.usa.net (ASMTP/noackjr@usa.net) via mtad (C8.MAIN.3.13N) with ESMTP id 508ickuqj0161M37; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 20:16:35 GMT X-USANET-Auth: 65.69.1.61 AUTH noackjr@usa.net optimator.noacks.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91B2560FC; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:16:34 -0600 (CST) Received: from optimator.noacks.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (optimator.noacks.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 03656-06; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:16:31 -0600 (CST) Received: from alumni.rice.edu (compgeek [192.168.1.10]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 032F760E7; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:16:30 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <4050C91D.2090802@alumni.rice.edu> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:16:29 -0600 From: Jon Noack User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5+ (Windows/20040305) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Burhan Nazir References: <404FACF7.3020500@btinternet.com> <4050139A.40003@DeepCore.dk> <40508447.2050409@btinternet.com> In-Reply-To: <40508447.2050409@btinternet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at noacks.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Silicon Image Sil 3112 SATARaid Controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: noackjr@alumni.rice.edu List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 20:16:39 -0000 On 3/11/2004 9:22 AM, Burhan Nazir wrote: >> Anyhow the sii3112 is by far the most crappy SATA controller on the=20 >> market, so it might be difficult to get anyone interested in wasting=20 >> (more) time on this... >=20 > This controller may be crappy, however it is prevalent amongst many=20 > nforce2 chipsets. In particular the asus A7N8X, which is ubiquitous. =20 > In addition, the controller does work and has so far caused no problems= =20 > under windows, so I am fairly pleased with it. > So, I would hope that there is some talented deveoper out there that=20 > does not take your narrow minded view and take mercy on all those peopl= e=20 > that would love to use freebsd with raid0 on their desktop machines. Given the amount of ATA work S=F8ren's done (including on the sii3112), I= =20 find it highly unlikely his view on this subject is narrow-minded... Jon Noack