Re: SATA and FBSD

From: Scott Long <scott_long_at_btc.adaptec.com>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 08:55:28 -0600
David Leimbach wrote:
>>>Dave
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>>It all depends on the controller chip.  The ATA driver was recently
>>updated to recognise the SATA controller in the new Intel ICH5 chips.
>>Some controller chips will work with the existing ATA driver with few
>>if any changes, other SATA chips will require a whole new driver.  Do
>>you have a particular controller chip in mind?
> 
> 
> Well I have been drooling over this Asus board with the Nforce2 Nvidia
> chipset.  
> 
> Its the Silicon ImageŽ  Sil 3112A Controller.  On the Asus NForce2 A7N8X deluxe
> board.
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
>>Scott
>>
>>
>>

Sorry for the late response.  I have several Sil 3112A controllers that
I still need to test out.  It appears to have an IDE compat mode, but
I need to confirm that first.

Scott
Received on Mon May 26 2003 - 05:55:06 UTC

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