Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:41:43 +1300 From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Add warning notes for known quirkly ata chipsets Message-ID: <440CC8B7.4090708@paradise.net.nz>
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Do folks think that amending the ata(4) man page, and adding warnings beside known quirky or broken chipsets is a good idea? I'm thinking of Si 3112 here in particular(!) - the aim being to discourage folks from buying 'em based on the fact they appear in ata(4). I'm happy to draft up something - altho I'd be pretty basic like: <patch idea> Silicon Image: SiI0680, SiI3112 (see NOTES), SiI3114, SiI3512. Notes: .... There have been reports of data corruption and erratic behavior with some chipsets. This seems to be related to deficiencies with the chipset design rather than the driver code. It is recommended to avoid these. A list of known problematic chipsets is: SiI3112,... </patch idea> I don't know any others offhand - but if a) the basic idea seems sensible and b) people mail me with well documented cases, I'd be happy to add 'em! Finally, I'm bringing this up now, as 6.1 is out soon, and it seemed a good time :-) regards Mark
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