From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 17 21:44:05 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 893941065678 for ; Mon, 17 May 2010 21:44:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dieterbsd@engineer.com) Received: from imr-ma01.mx.aol.com (imr-ma01.mx.aol.com [64.12.206.39]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A6678FC14 for ; Mon, 17 May 2010 21:44:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from imo-da03.mx.aol.com (imo-da03.mx.aol.com [205.188.169.201]) by imr-ma01.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o4HLi0VV018622 for ; Mon, 17 May 2010 17:44:00 -0400 Received: from dieterbsd@engineer.com by imo-da03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.9.) id n.d94.9bdc851 (43817) for ; Mon, 17 May 2010 17:43:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtprly-md02.mx.aol.com (smtprly-md02.mx.aol.com [64.12.143.155]) by cia-dc01.mx.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILCIADC016-d41e4bf1b896219; Mon, 17 May 2010 17:43:56 -0400 Received: from web-mmc-m09 (web-mmc-m09.sim.aol.com [64.12.224.142]) by smtprly-md02.mx.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILSMTPRLYMD024-d41e4bf1b896219; Mon, 17 May 2010 17:43:50 -0400 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 17:43:50 -0400 X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI X-AOL-IP: 72.251.79.159 X-MB-Message-Type: User MIME-Version: 1.0 From: dieterbsd@engineer.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: Mail.com Webmail 31650-STANDARD Received: from 72.251.79.159 by web-mmc-m09.sysops.aol.com (64.12.224.142) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Mon, 17 May 2010 17:43:50 -0400 Message-Id: <8CCC4212BCE944B-1B6C-3636@web-mmc-m09.sysops.aol.com> X-Spam-Flag: NO X-AOL-SENDER: dieterbsd@engineer.com Subject: SATA port multiplier recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 21:44:05 -0000 Does anyone have recommendations for/against specific SATA port=20 multipliers? Do they all work well with FreeBSD? Is one faster than the others? Can they saturate the uplink, or do they suffer from the same slowness as the sil3132 and jmb363 controllers? So far I have found: Sil 3726 JMB393 Marvel 88SM4140 Any others? http://www.addonics.com/products/host_controller/tutorial_pm.asp indicates that the JMB393 has more features than the Sil 3726, although I think I can live without those features. I haven't found any products using the Marvel chip. I was hoping someone would have a port multiplier with a 600 MB/s uplink by now?