Subject: Promise RAID?
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Andy Ball <andy.ball@earthlink.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/24/2006 00:42:24
Hello,

Recent talk of RAID prompts me to ask: Is the Promise
PDC2037A (as seen on Asus A8V mainboards) a genuine hardware
RAID controller, or just an ATA host bus adaptor?  I don't
see anything from Promise listed under supported PCI RAID
controllers, but I do see Promise "Ultra33 and Ultra66"
mentioned as supporting bus master DMA.  Even if they're not
real RAID, are newer Promise chips likely to work as plain
ATA?

Thanks,
  - Andy Ball