Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 22:02:31 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@DeepCore.dk> To: Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl> Cc: Burhan Nazir <burhan@btinternet.com> Subject: Re: Silicon Image Sil 3112 SATARaid Controller Message-ID: <4050D3E7.2030005@DeepCore.dk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.58-Blink.0403112123080.9556@tea.blinkenlights.nl> References: <404FACF7.3020500@btinternet.com> <4050139A.40003@DeepCore.dk> <40508447.2050409@btinternet.com> <4050C91D.2090802@alumni.rice.edu> <Pine.SOL.4.58-Blink.0403112123080.9556@tea.blinkenlights.nl>
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Sten Spans wrote: > On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Jon Noack wrote: > > >>>This controller may be crappy, however it is prevalent amongst many >>>nforce2 chipsets. In particular the asus A7N8X, which is ubiquitous. >>>In addition, the controller does work and has so far caused no problems >>>under windows, so I am fairly pleased with it. >>>So, I would hope that there is some talented deveoper out there that >>>does not take your narrow minded view and take mercy on all those people >>>that would love to use freebsd with raid0 on their desktop machines. >> >>Given the amount of ATA work Søren's done (including on the sii3112), I >>find it highly unlikely his view on this subject is narrow-minded... > > > Reading the mailinglists shows that about 50% of sorens mails are > about making this horrible excuse for an ide controller do something > even remotely useful. > > I must admit that sorens mails about the subject are quite > amusing, always makes me glad not having to bother with it :). > > Soren: Amazing job, your efforts at making shit fly are truly commendable. Thanks! you have no idea how comments like that motivates doing things like this. Keeping up the spirit can be tough sometimes esp. with all the crappy HW out there for us to work with :) -- -Søren
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