From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 23 08:16:32 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5692F16A4CE for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 08:16:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns.yar.post.ru (ns.yar.post.ru [213.187.102.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DAB843D2D for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 08:16:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from liettneff@bk.ru) Received: from gate-corbina.km.vibrators.ru (km.yar.post.ru [213.187.105.186]) by ns.yar.post.ru (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j0N8GTql069078 for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:16:30 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from liettneff@bk.ru) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (reaper [192.168.1.100] (may be forged)) j0N8GMGm096609 for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:16:23 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from liettneff@bk.ru) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:16:28 +0300 From: Michael Lednev X-Mailer: The Bat! (v3.0.1.33) Professional Organization: none X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1623715538.20050123111628@bk.ru> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050122211819.48139.qmail@beth.linkline.com> References: <55830518.20050122175200@bk.ru> <20050122204221.GC4466@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <20050122211819.48139.qmail@beth.linkline.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re[2]: sata controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: liettneff List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 08:16:32 -0000 Hello, sclements. On 23 января 2005 г., 0:18:19 you wrote: >>> i'm going to buy new sata-controller for my freebsd box and don't know >>> what to choose. as i seen in stable src there is support for silicon >>> image, promise and via chipsets (i believe others are integrated in >>> south bridges). what should i take to have no headache about my disks? >>> >>> ps: once i had experience with sii3112 based sata and it showed dma >>> timeouts, have anything changed since august in ata driver about >>> them? >> >> The author of that ata driver reports good results with the promise >> chips. The 3112 remains a piece of junk. >> >> -- Brooks slc> Also, The ICH5, 6300ESB, etc. SATA ports work very well. These tend to be slc> integrated in all new Intel based boards. As long as you stay away from RAID slc> mode and the Sil cards, you should be good to go! unfortunately integrated ones wont go, i need discrete controller and local stores have nothing to offer except sii3112 and via6420. how about via? -- Best regards, Michael mailto:liettneff@bk.ru