Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:49:15 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Sean Bruno <sbruno@miralink.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VIA 8237 under FreeBSD 4.11 Message-ID: <200511221449.16139.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <1132632286.4202.7.camel@home-desk> References: <1132629660.4202.3.camel@home-desk> <200511221424.54872.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <1132632286.4202.7.camel@home-desk>
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--nextPart3776466.rzW9nj1IFz Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:34, Sean Bruno wrote: > > In general it will probably work OK until you get an SATA PHY error and > > then the whole PC will lock up because the OS isn't polling the error > > register.. > > Bummer...Is this a general issue of the way 4.X handles SATA? I.e. > Would the ICH5 work any better to your knowledge? 4.x doesn't handle SATA per se, it doesn't really know anything about it=20 unless you try dougb's patches (I think). I would strongly suggest migrating ASAP so you don't get stuck with [more]= =20 poorly supported hardware. Or you could try staying with PATA drives, but it's a losing battle - you w= ill=20 be hard pressed to find a new PC for which the devices are properly=20 supported. (eg stuff like onboard ethernet) =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart3776466.rzW9nj1IFz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDgpxE5ZPcIHs/zowRAjcsAKCjKeAt+mkVKAm2oTZYCJsccMERHgCeOTV5 o95ijb0ht3fUr30UeJbSltA= =zEkm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3776466.rzW9nj1IFz--
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