Subject: Re: promise 20378
To: Alan Post <apost@recalcitrant.org>
From: Wouter Schoot <wouter@schoot.org>
List: port-amd64
Date: 07/22/2005 12:29:00
Alan Post wrote:
>> Hello.  I recently tried to install NetBSD 2.02-AMD64 on my ASUS A8V
>> Deluxe motherboard.  I was unsuccessful due to it not being able to
>> recognize my RAID controller.  The motherboard has a Promise 20378
>> controller.  Are there any plans to support this device?  I currently
>> run FreeBSD 5.4-p4 AMD64 with no problems with it.  I would like to
>> see NetBSD on this machine as well.  Thank you.
>
> I use the same motherboard with NetBSD/amd64, and have my SATA drive
> attached to the:
>   viaide0: VIA Technologies VT8237 SATA Controller (rev. 0x80)
> and everything seems to work fine.

Same here, VIA works, Promise doesn't (and sk works badly, but that's also
a known issiue).

mvg,

Wouter

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