Subject: Re: PCI SATA Controllers
To: None <netbsd@left.wing.org>
From: Daniel Carosone <dan@geek.com.au>
List: port-i386
Date: 11/23/2004 08:23:42
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On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 12:40:30PM -0800, Ed Gould wrote:
> What are people using/recommending for a well-supported, reasonable=20
> performing PCI (32 bit, 33 MHz) SATA card for NetBSD these days?  I'm=20
> probably not willing to run -current on the machine in question, but=20
> I'm happy to run 2.0 (or the latest release candidate).  I do not need=20
> or want hardware RAID; I probably only need two channels (i.e., 2=20
> drives), but I'm interested in considering a 4-channel controller.

Silicon Image 3112, satalink(4) is common, cheap and seems to be
working happily for a number of netbsd users.  There is also a 3114
4-port version, though they're somewhat harder to find.

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Dan.

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