Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:11:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Cc: dan@ice.nodomain Subject: ATA controller cards supported by FreeBSD Message-ID: <200309300211.h8U2BkCZ001224@ice.nodomain>
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Does FreeBSD support any PCI ATA controller cards other than those made by HighPoint and Promise? Everything else that I can identify in the ATA section of the HARDWARE.TXT file seems to be a CPU support chipset. I am confused by the HighPoint model numbers listed. HPT370, HPT372, and HPT374 are RAID controller ICs. The Rocket133 ATA controller card made by HighPoint uses the HPT302 IC, which is not listed in the HARDWARE.TXT file. (Is it too new? Is it not supported?) Given that HighPoint sports a FreeBSD logo on its web site, I would expect broader hardware support. I am also a little confused by the Promise products listed in the HARDWARE.TXT file. Every single FastTrak or TX2000 product listed on the Promise web site is a RAID controller. The only ATA controller from the HARDWARE.TXT file described on the Promise web site is the Ultra-133 TX2. The other Ultra-xxx products are presumably old and discontinued. Summary: with the *single* exception of the Promise Ultra-133 TX2, every single supported ATA controller listed in the HARDWARE.TXT file is either old/discontinued, a chipset, or actually a RAID controller and not an ATA controller. This can't be right. Surely FreeBSD supports a bunch of PCI ATA controller cards. What/Where are they? If I took the HARDWARE.TXT file literally, I would also have to conclude that FreeBSD did not support a single ISA ATA controller card. I must have missed something really obvious and important. Can someone point me in the right direction. Dan Strick strick@covad.net
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