SATA and FBSD

[Scott Long]

David Leimbach wrote:
> I am planning a new workstation and need to know if SATA will work on FBSD.
> 
> Is anyone  working with SATA drives on FBSD and if so is it stable?
> 
> Is it backwards compatible enough with ATA that it doesn't really matter for
> basic functionality or does it require new driver code?
> 
> 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?

Scott