TX2200/PDC20571 support & MFC plans?

Jon Noack noackjr at alumni.rice.edu
Wed Feb 16 21:06:32 GMT 2005


On 02/16/05 14:56, Damian Gerow wrote:
> I just got my hands on a Promise TX2200 which uses the PDC20571, so I can
> install a SATA drive in a non-SATA system.  I'd been under the understanding
> that Promise was a pretty safe way to go in terms of driver support.  But
> the card isn't supported under -STABLE.
> 
> How is the support on -CURRENT?  Are there any plans to MFC the driver?  I'd
> prefer not to run -CURRENT on my mail server...

I know it is supported on -CURRENT; I'd wager there will be an MFC of 
the ata driver prior to 5.4.

Also, ATA mkIII has support for it (search mailing list for more info).

Jon


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