From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 28 21:52:15 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7F1E106566C for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:52:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@acm.org) Received: from mail11.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail11.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.192]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FD388FC0A for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:52:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-116-103.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.116.103]) by mail11.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p6SLqBtx012934 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:52:12 +1000 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p6SLqBIG024045; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:52:11 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p6SLqAMO024044; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:52:10 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:52:10 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Jan Mikkelsen Message-ID: <20110728215210.GC23699@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20110725093432.GI1202@home.opsec.eu> <20110726225557.GA97184@icarus.home.lan> <20110727101234.GA7659@icarus.home.lan> <20110727165520.GA15633@icarus.home.lan> <7504B95C-F76E-4817-AA83-683907B247F8@transactionware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="KN5l+BnMqAQyZLvT" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7504B95C-F76E-4817-AA83-683907B247F8@transactionware.com> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Tom Evans , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick Subject: Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:52:15 -0000 --KN5l+BnMqAQyZLvT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2011-Jul-28 17:57:52 +1000, Jan Mikkelsen wro= te: >On 28/07/2011, at 2:55 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> I can find you examples on Google of people who invested in Areca >> ARC-1220 cards (PCIe x8) only to find out that when inserted into one of >> their two PCIe x16 slots the mainboard wouldn't start (see above). I can >> also find you examples on Google of people with Intel 915GM chipsets >> whose user manuals explicitly state the PCIe x16 slot on their board is >> "intended for use with graphics cards only". > >Just trying to understand; I think I can recall reading about issues >with the 915 chipset. I agree a "check, don't assume" warning is >reasonable. I have also run into problems (wouldn't POST from memory) trying to use a NIC in the x16 slot of Dell GX620 boxes, which use an i945 chipset. --=20 Peter Jeremy --KN5l+BnMqAQyZLvT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk4x2goACgkQ/opHv/APuIdo7QCfRV8ubTbCpQgH6H97dtrHQydI amgAoKjDQXGqtl41wGj1vDO4y+Of1v8J =aZ2I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KN5l+BnMqAQyZLvT--