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Date:      Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:51:51 +0100
From:      Pete French <petefrench@ingresso.co.uk>
To:        freebsd@jdc.parodius.com, tevans.uk@googlemail.com
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?
Message-ID:  <E1Qm0mN-0009qn-B1@dilbert.ingresso.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <CAFHbX1JPJBzH6k2B==hKyS%2BpKOCCG_wFiGxePm3GfYo=vPj_GA@mail.gmail.com>

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> Jeremy may not have seen PCI express x16 HBAs working on consumer
> boards, but I have, plenty of times.

Ditto. Indeed, I wasn't aware you could do anything to a PCIe slot
to prevent it working. Have seen motherboards which wont *boot* from
an HBA in a PCIe slot, but never one which couldnt use the card when
plugged in.

I generaly use MSI boards, and all of tose have taken PCIe controllers
quite hapily - inclduing booting off HP/Compaq SMART RAID controllers which
do have a reputation for being fussy outside of HP machines. Am currently
using a variets of Silicon Image based eSATA controllers on the same
motherboards.

-pete.




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