From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 22 11:30:44 2003 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 C073437B404 for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 11:30:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.86]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4486943F75 for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 11:30:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from leimy2k@mac.com) Received: from webmail07.mac.com (webmail07-en1 [10.13.11.149]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id h4MIUf0x024205; Thu, 22 May 2003 11:30:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from webmail07 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by webmail07.mac.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h4MIUfYt029751; Thu, 22 May 2003 11:30:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7148481.1053628241316.JavaMail.leimy2k@mac.com> Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 13:30:41 -0500 From: David Leimbach To: Scott Long Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA and FBSD 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: Thu, 22 May 2003 18:30:45 -0000 >> Dave >>=20 >>=20 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" > >It all depends on the controller chip. The ATA driver was recently >updated to recognise the SATA controller in the new Intel ICH5 chips. >Some controller chips will work with the existing ATA driver with few >if any changes, other SATA chips will require a whole new driver. Do >you have a particular controller chip in mind? Well I have been drooling over this Asus board with the Nforce2 Nvidia chipset. =20 Its the Silicon Image=AE Sil 3112A Controller. On the Asus NForce2 A7N8X = deluxe board. Dave > >Scott > > >