From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 21 06:03:37 2009 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 8EF221065670; Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:03:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grarpamp@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f209.google.com (mail-ew0-f209.google.com [209.85.219.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 004448FC0C; Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:03:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy5 with SMTP id 5so2945287ewy.36 for ; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:03:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=WXFYYvxyxvBOs7JOTpU5wc00dUN7RWM11SpuxeKeEQc=; b=qncYV30wDmKwVZLKdia7SIJbVjzOX1mtTitPssvChwJo4a4oozWgmxlgvZBHRkAYHT rWdDdbFojJzZBp3DUxonZPoXBEvhKnJAU9S/geRjZDVl0MXpNarosX2LD0kVuYp7x8c6 l8sWe96NKWiYznat/UpuBQ/2/bKg4yqV7ImMc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=C/wwslJ9qANJqobxGau9BJp0Blwdo6Q6We2NBGMKQbzbi/H1v1lDd0uhfG2yu/XQTE CCDBs9zKYVFiKHcMHmgR+tSHD95Kzi8o8SUz1dBGQK2j3u7/ONZxwkbrALanrACgyf/A t9DCpENb0Um2iIASDLNyw4bpRujT5a4nBMq0E= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.7.21 with SMTP id 21mr2469190ebg.66.1256105015961; Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:03:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:03:35 -0400 Message-ID: From: grarpamp To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD and SATA Port Multipliers 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, 21 Oct 2009 06:03:37 -0000 In the somewhat related dept... The SiI3124 and SiI3726 seem to be *really* popular chipsets for low cost JBOD setups so I'm sure any work done towards this will be a win. The only other chip I see a lot of is the Marvell 88SX6041 and 88SX6081. Any others, particularly of the eight port generic card variety or other multipliers??? I'm not sure if JMicron ever got into the 4/8 port game. A somewhat related diversion: http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/ And without the fab... you'd be amazed what a bicycle inner tube, scrap pc case lids, tin snips, hammer, anvil, drill bit, and a pop rivet tool will yield ;-)