Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 07:40:27 -0500 From: Mark Jacobs <mark.jacobs@custserv.com> To: Soeren Schmidt <sos@spider.deepcore.dk>, Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: Mark Jacobs <jacobsm@gate.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Serial ATA support in FreeBSD Message-ID: <200303170740.28226.mark.jacobs@custserv.com> In-Reply-To: <200303170813.h2H8DTG5003994@spider.deepcore.dk> References: <200303170813.h2H8DTG5003994@spider.deepcore.dk>
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On Monday 17 March 2003 03:13 am, Soeren Schmidt wrote: > It seems Matthew Emmerton wrote: > > > Received no responses the first time, so am trying again. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D- > > >-- I am in the process of building a new system and was looking at usi= ng > > > the new Seagate Barracuda Serial ATA drives. > > > Does FreeBSD 4.x, or 5.x support SATA? > > > Mark Jacobs > > > > If FreeBSD can detect the SATA controller, then I imagine it would > > support it just fine, since the same command set is used on the software > > side. > > Currently the only (known) support SATA controllers are the Highpoint 15x0 > series (they are just old PATA chips with PATA -> SATA converters). > > > Are you offering to donate a SATA controller / SATA-equipped motherboard > > to Soren to make this a reality? <g> > > That would be nice indeed, I do have Promise's SATA products, but I'm > looking for all other SATA controllers and *especially* SATA disks... > > -S=F8ren The motherboard I am looking to get is the Asus NForce2 A7N8X deluxe. The SATA connector supported by the SiliconImage SATALINK chipset Sil31122 Mark Jacobs To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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