From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Sep 26 06:27:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA03624 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 26 Sep 1996 06:27:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xenon.chromatic.com (xenon.chromatic.com [199.5.224.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA03597 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 1996 06:27:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from server1.chromatic.com (server1.chromatic.com [199.5.224.120]) by xenon.chromatic.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA26818; Thu, 26 Sep 1996 06:27:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (hua@localhost) by server1.chromatic.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA07996; Thu, 26 Sep 1996 06:27:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199609261327.GAA07996@server1.chromatic.com> X-Authentication-Warning: server1.chromatic.com: hua owned process doing -bs X-Authentication-Warning: server1.chromatic.com: Host hua@localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.8 8/21/96 To: hardware@FreeBSD.org cc: hua@chromatic.com Subject: Re: more than 2 IDE controllers? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 25 Sep 1996 14:24:49 PDT." <199609252124.OAA22975@krypton.chromatic.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 06:27:09 -0700 From: Ernest Hua Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Ok. I got two answers .. "Yes" and "No". Does anyone have a definitive explanation for WHY the answer is "Yes" or "No"? Please post your answer to the list. Thanks! Ern > Does anyone know whether it is possible to have more than > 2 IDE controllers? We have an abundance of IDE disks and > I am running out of space. > > I guess this question has multiple parts: > > 1. Can the IDE driver handle more than 2 controllers? > > 2. Are there any IDE controllers out there (ISA or PCI) > which can be mapped to alternate addresses and IRQs > besides the two standard settings? > > Any answer appreciated! > > Thanks! > > Ern > >