From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 31 21:31:11 2005 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 56EB216A4CE for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 21:31:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from elrond.anembo.nu.org (dsl-202-173-130-73.nsw.westnet.com.au [202.173.130.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAE5A43D4C for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 21:31:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@nu.org) Received: from elrond.anembo.nu.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by elrond.anembo.nu.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0VLV7sD006462 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 08:31:07 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from freebsd@nu.org) Received: (from cjsv@localhost) by elrond.anembo.nu.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j0VLV6Jt006461 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 08:31:06 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from freebsd@nu.org) X-Authentication-Warning: elrond.anembo.nu.org: cjsv set sender to freebsd@nu.org using -f Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 08:31:06 +1100 From: Christopher JS Vance To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050131213106.GD5834@nu.org> References: <8d.1f937784.2f2eb08c@aol.com> <20050131153756.GA64943@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050131201356.GK73953@hex.databits.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050131201356.GK73953@hex.databits.net> Subject: Re: Silicon Image SiI 3112 Serial ATA controller support? 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: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 21:31:11 -0000 On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 02:13:56PM -0600, Will Andrews wrote: >On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 07:37:56AM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote: >> This is a mailing list for FreeBSD current. You can find >> numerous newsgroup dealing with windows. As to your >> controller, Soren has named the SiI 3112 as one of the worst >> pieces of silicon every made and advises people to dump it. > >Yeah. It's too bad Linux supports it fine, FreeBSD used to, and >almost every board that comes with SATA uses it. :( Using the same driver, the SiI 3512 couldn't stay up on my FreeBSD 5 machine long enough even to finish fsck'ing the previous crash - I had to change OS to a different *BSD, and even that falls over from time to time. -- Christopher Vance