From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 24 03:13:58 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE9A1106568B for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 03:13:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from email2.allantgroup.com (email2.emsphone.com [199.67.51.116]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E1D48FC18 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 03:13:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [172.17.17.101]) by email2.allantgroup.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q7O3DniN074284 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:13:49 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (smmsp@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dan.emsphone.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q7O3DnMT031505 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:13:49 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q7O3DnDZ031504; Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:13:49 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:13:49 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: Robert Bonomi Message-ID: <20120824031349.GD50918@dan.emsphone.com> References: <201208240229.q7O2TqD2006138@mail.r-bonomi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201208240229.q7O2TqD2006138@mail.r-bonomi.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 8.3-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.2 at email2.allantgroup.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (email2.allantgroup.com [172.17.19.78]); Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:13:50 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on email2.allantgroup.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 172.17.19.78 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: harware compatibility queustion X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 03:13:58 -0000 In the last episode (Aug 23), Robert Bonomi said: > I need to add "more than two' internal SATA _ports_ to a box that will be > running FreeBSD 9. > > When I look at inexpensive SATA controllers, they all seem to be using > chipsets thar are _not_ explicitly mentioned in the 'supported hardware' > list. > > Can anyone say, authoritatively, that, say, a 'SiL3114'-based cnntroller > card will work in FreeBSD, as far as 'bare drive' functionality goes? The ata manpage says it supports the "SiI3114" card (even the siliconimage.com webpage uses both "SiI" and "Sil" spellings all over), so you should be safe. > Alternatively, can anybody recommend an inexpensive 4-port (or more) SATA > controller card that is known to work with FreeBSD? -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com