From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 13 20:03:57 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35E651065696 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:03:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mavbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f227.google.com (mail-fx0-f227.google.com [209.85.220.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9C798FC13 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:03:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm27 with SMTP id 27so4022417fxm.3 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:03:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=prid2QBCo8nUoXUIJtuThnDpOC0MdwduiEzZPKpxrTE=; b=xr9SMn0izaytw3GMUx76GQPxQIm2KPpKV8RHraqdcld6DUlzQhrRTdCmza7nkhVzAJ KqcTg2Jbp2LsiaoSV0h5RWbqBoHzJH5wy4DplYvDJm3FIbiAV6xLZxTWYLRH7vTaBKZV ozrOWHu6VWVDQMkHFuV3ApztO6T2+CLe6EnHg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=tGgw/TKSv8PuoCDV/sndm69/Hrpqt6wEF4beIg7+MJG3oLt0+bosrlrZ/H2H+hh3sK oFljMKh0tOQjN3gwb94rBZ64jNG+iqDcvjZq4CJZHxtne7HhKWj4oj/41GrkMzuYVZx5 HFx/gLWmrTbJ4vcfn9kH2mAyU0N0t40fD5NhA= Received: by 10.204.152.151 with SMTP id g23mr2110253bkw.148.1258142635073; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:03:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from mavbook.mavhome.dp.ua (pc.mavhome.dp.ua [212.86.226.226]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 14sm1395834fxm.11.2009.11.13.12.03.53 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:03:54 -0800 (PST) Sender: Alexander Motin Message-ID: <4AFDBBA7.8010505@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:03:51 +0200 From: Alexander Motin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090901) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patrick Proniewski References: <1258136580.00183277.1258123203@10.7.7.3> <4AFDBAEB.2020903@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4AFDBAEB.2020903@FreeBSD.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec 1405 on FreeBSD 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: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:03:57 -0000 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