From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 29 19:18:14 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A048B16A4B3 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:18:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.covadmail.net (mx05.covadmail.net [63.65.120.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A532F43FFD for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:18:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from strick@covad.net) Received: (covad.net 14201 invoked from network); 30 Sep 2003 02:18:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ice.nodomain) (68.164.196.197) by sun-qmail01 with SMTP; 30 Sep 2003 02:18:08 -0000 Received: from ice.nodomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ice.nodomain (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h8U2GwHY001270 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:17:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@ice.nodomain) Received: (from dan@localhost) by ice.nodomain (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id h8U2BkCZ001224; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:11:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:11:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Strick Message-Id: <200309300211.h8U2BkCZ001224@ice.nodomain> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org cc: dan@ice.nodomain Subject: ATA controller cards supported by FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 02:18:14 -0000 Does FreeBSD support any PCI ATA controller cards other than those made by HighPoint and Promise? Everything else that I can identify in the ATA section of the HARDWARE.TXT file seems to be a CPU support chipset. I am confused by the HighPoint model numbers listed. HPT370, HPT372, and HPT374 are RAID controller ICs. The Rocket133 ATA controller card made by HighPoint uses the HPT302 IC, which is not listed in the HARDWARE.TXT file. (Is it too new? Is it not supported?) Given that HighPoint sports a FreeBSD logo on its web site, I would expect broader hardware support. I am also a little confused by the Promise products listed in the HARDWARE.TXT file. Every single FastTrak or TX2000 product listed on the Promise web site is a RAID controller. The only ATA controller from the HARDWARE.TXT file described on the Promise web site is the Ultra-133 TX2. The other Ultra-xxx products are presumably old and discontinued. Summary: with the *single* exception of the Promise Ultra-133 TX2, every single supported ATA controller listed in the HARDWARE.TXT file is either old/discontinued, a chipset, or actually a RAID controller and not an ATA controller. This can't be right. Surely FreeBSD supports a bunch of PCI ATA controller cards. What/Where are they? If I took the HARDWARE.TXT file literally, I would also have to conclude that FreeBSD did not support a single ISA ATA controller card. I must have missed something really obvious and important. Can someone point me in the right direction. Dan Strick strick@covad.net