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On Thursday 06 September 2007 18:02, Victor Meirans wrote:
> I have a question about Silicon Image 3114a SATA controller and FreeBSD
> 5.3-Release... Will it work? Any experience?

I remember using one when all my other SATA controllers had died, some years 
ago. It was ok. I did not use it for any heavy lifting, though. I think 
support for the 3114 was removed from later kernel versions, while support 
for the better-documented SiI controllers has been introduced.