From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 21 20:46:24 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F13516A41F for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 20:46:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ben@altesco.nl) Received: from altus-escon.com (altesco.xs4all.nl [80.126.48.53]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0445A13C4C5 for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 20:46:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ben@altesco.nl) Received: from [10.0.0.5] (stuyts.xs4all.nl [80.126.99.173]) by altus-escon.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l4LKStFS028030; Mon, 21 May 2007 22:29:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ben@altesco.nl) In-Reply-To: <200705191056.25359.groot@kde.org> References: <200705191056.25359.groot@kde.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <7EEE81A5-4D8D-46FB-87C8-D192C7B55EE7@altesco.nl> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Ben Stuyts Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 22:28:49 +0200 To: Adriaan de Groot X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (altus-escon.com [193.78.231.42]); Mon, 21 May 2007 22:29:00 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.90.2/3276/Mon May 21 19:44:12 2007 on earth.altus-escon.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on earth.altus-escon.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended SATA controllers 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, 21 May 2007 20:46:24 -0000 On 19 May 2007, at 10:56, Adriaan de Groot wrote: > On Saturday 19 May 2007 01:34:01 Charles Sprickman wrote: >> Looking to spend under $70 or so, which I'm guessing is a pretty high >> ceiling for a non-RAID card. > > Various Promise controllers (TX2, TX4, 4302) fall in the high end > of that > range, as do (PCI 2-port) SiI 3112 controllers. There's also the > SiI 3124 > (PCI-X 4-port) and SiI 3132 (PCIe x1 2-port) but those are in - > CURRENT only > or you need to MFC them yourself (I can give you a tarball of that, > but > obviously those are all way off the supported track). Those SiI > cards will go > for about $30, I think. I'd vote against a TX2 or SIL3112 based solution on FreeBSD-6: TX2: I can't get my system to boot with the TX2plus card, as BTX crashes. (Reported here, but unfortunately no solution found.) SIL3112: My mainboard (GA-8KNXP) has an onboard SIL3112 controller, and it is useless. It locks up randomly. Maybe I should try my luck with a 3ware card. Ben