Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:58:04 +0100 (MET) From: "Markus Dolze" <bsdfan@nurfuerspam.de> To: MC <rossiya@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best USB PCI Card Message-ID: <23679.1141628284@www047.gmx.net> References: <28a99ba50603051813o18b30df3t1df3e3bb9a9a6347@mail.gmail.com>
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> --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- > Von: MC <rossiya@gmail.com> > An: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > Betreff: Best USB PCI Card > Datum: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:13:22 -0800 > > Hi I am shopping for a USB2 PCI card to support 4 or more USB hard drives. > I thought to > get a PCI card rather than an external USB2 hub, which splits the USB2 > bandwidth. > Looking through the supported hardware of freebsd6.x there's a big list of > supported > devices, but none that match hardware vendor websites offhand. I see for > example > the ALi 6+2 port USB 2.0 PCI Card with the ALi M573 chipset and VIA VT6212 > 4+1 > Port USB 2.0 PCI Controller Card with the VIA VT6212 chipset. But these > don't match > anything on http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/hardware-i386.html > > What are the best [most compatible trouble free] USB PCI cards? Hi, I would not use cards with ALi anymore. I got one and had problems with it. When doing high-speed transfers the card resets sometimes. The history of the windows driver lists a lot of problems fixed in the past. I have good experience with a card equipped with a NEC chip. Regards Markus
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