harware compatibility queustion

[Graeme Dargie]

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From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Robert Bonomi
Sent: 24 August 2012 03:30
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Subject: harware compatibility queustion


I need to add "more than two' internal SATA _ports_ to a box that will be running FreeBSD 9.  

When I look at inexpensive SATA controllers, they all seem to be using chipsets thar are _not_ explicitly mentioned in the 'supported hardware'
list.

Can anyone say, authoritatively, that, say, a 'SiL3114'-based cnntroller card will work in FreeBSD, as far as 'bare drive' functionality goes?

Alternatively, can anybody recommend an inexpensive 4-port (or more) SATA controller card that is known to work with FreeBSD?



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I have used a SIL3112 card on FreeBSD 7 and 8 which is just a 2 port version of the card you are looking at, as far as I recall it worked with no issues.
If you want me to check it with 9.0, I can stick it on the machine that the card currently resides in.
Regards

Graeme