Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:45:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Carlos Jorge Santos <cjsantos@myrealbox.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Will FreeBSD 4.9 support SATA drives ? Message-ID: <20030909164423.Y42161@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz> In-Reply-To: <1063109260.bb917a40cjsantos@myrealbox.com> References: <1063109260.bb917a40cjsantos@myrealbox.com>
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On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Carlos Jorge Santos wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We need to setup a new server for a customer, and instead of a more
> expensive SCSI solution, the custmomer asked us to use a SATA Hard
> Drive. We're still using FreeBSD 4.8, and will upgrade to 4.9, since
> we use Hsphere and it doesn't support yet FreeBSD 5.1
>
> Are there any plans to include SATA support in the new upcoming 4.9
> release?
There is some discussion of _possibly_ backporting support for one of
the "really easy" drivers either before, or right after 4.9, but I
wouldn't count on it if you need to meet a deadline.
Hope this helps,
Doug
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