Subject: Re: Promise SATA 300 confusion
To: Jukka Salmi <j+nbsd@2007.salmi.ch>
From: reinhold roppert <rm@rmroppert.de>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 06/22/2007 20:45:24
Hello,

Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2007 um 18:23 schrieben Sie:

> is anybody running a Promise SATA 300 controller, either the TX4 (PCI
> ID 0x3d17) or the TX2plus (0x3d73)? What's the chipset of those cards?
> I found contradictory information while comparing Promise's Linux
> driver, NetBSD, FreeBSD and PCIDatabase.com:

>              Linux     NetBSD    FreeBSD   PCI DB
>     TX4      PDC20718  PDC40718  PDC40718  PDC40718
>     TX2plus  PDC40775  PDC20775  PDC40775  PDC20775

> Assuming that the PCI IDs are correct, I suppose this is just a typo
> in the FreeBSD code and a double typo in the vendor's code, and that
> both NetBSD and the PCI DB are right, and that both controllers work
> with NetBSD. Can anybody confirm this (especially the last point ;-))?

We are running an TX4 under Netbsd 3.1 without problems. Our
Controller did not run under previous  NetBSD Versions.

The Controller-Chip is PDC40718.

I  hope this helps.

Best regards
Reinhold


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