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Subject: Re: Recommended S-ATA controller?
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Peter B wrote:
> What PCI 32/33 S-ATA controller is recommended for a x86/FreeBSD-6 system
> that is stable and reliable in terms of hardware design, and software drivers ?
>
> My current Promise card is said to abuse PCI burst mode, in essence it will
> exploit to tight timing margins. And the motherboard doesn't have any option to
> disable pci-burst. This gives intermittent errors.
>
> sos@ comments on SII chipsets isn't encourageing either.
>
>    /P
>   
3ware 7000 or 9000 series are working fine in my 5.4 box

Cheers
Richard