It's been two-three months now since I bought this new machine, and I'm no closer to seeing any solution to the failure on FreeBSD's part to recognize and/or utilize my SATA controller. I've been monitoring the lists and the CVS repo, even offering suggestions as to how I might help to resolve this issue, but no one seems to be interested in helping me to get this thing working. So, it looks like it's fare-thee-well to FreeBSD after 12+ years of dedicated usage, and now I'm off to the Linux world. <sigh> At least there I know that *all* of my hardware is recognized and working properly. If FreeBSD hopes to remain viable as either a server or desktop platform, then I would think the developers would be willing to bite the bullet and consult with other OS developers to see how they're handling the latest and greatest hardware developments. Hell, the fact that even at this late date we still don't have an amd64 nVidia video driver speaks volumes, in my opinion. Otherwise, all I can see is that FreeBSD will eventually go the way of the dinosaurs and be someday relegated to little more than a quaint and curious bit of ancient and forgotten folklore on display in the museum of bygone primitive computing platforms, right there alongside the TRS-80s and Sinclairs and Commodores and Amigas and what-not. What a pity. It really does pain me greatly to have to abandon my beloved FreeBSD in favor of the the plethora of Linux "distros" out there, but my patience has worn quite thin, and I'm still not seeing any particular effort being put forth in the the FreeBSD camp to rectify the situation I'm finding myself in. I've really come to love FreeBSD over the years, and have been a very outspoken advocate on its behalf amongst my friends and colleagues, but what I can I say? That it's a great system, provided you have the right hardware? This is just not acceptable in this day and age, I'm sorry. With many deepest regrets, I remain... Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads_at_cox.net> (former FreeBSD devotee and fanatic, but no more, alas)Received on Sat Nov 29 2008 - 04:41:45 UTC
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