Subject: Re: Sweex
To: Klaus Klein <kleink@mibh.de>
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 09/01/2005 10:42:36
Klaus Klein wrote:
> Jan Danielsson wrote:
>>What are the chances that this (SATA PCI adapter):
>>
>>http://www.sweex.com/product.asp?pId=327
>>
>>..will work in NetBSD?
>
> According to the documentation accompanying their downloadable
> driver this is a Silicon Image SATAlink 3112, which is handled
> by the satalink(4) driver in NetBSD.
Be warned about the SI 3112 chipset, the hardware contains a number of bugs
(48-bit LBA especially with Seagate drives, as well as some kind of issue with
DMA'ing certain buffer sizes).
--
-Chuck