Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:03:51 +0200 From: Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> To: Patrick Proniewski <patpro@patpro.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec 1405 on FreeBSD Message-ID: <4AFDBBA7.8010505@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4AFDBAEB.2020903@FreeBSD.org> References: <1258136580.00183277.1258123203@10.7.7.3> <4AFDBAEB.2020903@FreeBSD.org>
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Alexander Motin wrote: > Patrick Proniewski wrote: >> Any idea about the FreeBSD support for Adaptec 1405 (ASC-1405)? > > I doubt. It is more SAS then SATA card. > >> Any PCIe card suggestion is appreciated. > > FreeBSD 6.x is already legacy. If you are building something new, you > should look forward. What I have tested: > - SiI3124-based - fast and functional. It is actually PCI-X one, but > there are many boards with built-in PCIe bridges. > - two SiI3132-based (Adaptec 1420SA and many others) - as cheap PCIe x1 Oops, I meant Adaptec 1220SA here ^^^. > alternative (max 150MB/s per card). These two better supported with new > siis(4) driver on 8.0, but should work on 7.x with ata(4), haven't > looked lower. > - First generation of SiI chips (SiI3114). They are quite old - SATA1 > and PCI, but they are long-time supported and they take all possible > from PCI bus, and in 66MHz PCI-X slot can give even more. But I have > heard some negative comments about them. > - Supermicro SAT2-MV8 on Marvell - recently tested it on 8.0, supported > in 7.x and probably before. Adaptec 1420SA is from the same series. But > they are PCI-X (tested it in PCI). > - Adaptec 1430SA - PCIe, based on newer Marvell chip. Added basic > support recently to 8-STABLE. Not supported before. > - most of chipset-integrated controllers (Intel, NVidia) are really not > bad when working in AHCI mode (they are not limited by bus speed). > - JMicron-based PCIe x1 adapters. They are cheap, AHCI-compatible and > not so bad, but limited by bus speed at about 180MB/s per card. -- Alexander Motin
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