Re: ATA anomaly Question

[Bill Hacker <wbh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gabriel Ambuehl wrote:

> Bill Hacker schrieb:
>
> > Testing various PATA & SATA controllers under DragonFlyBSD 1.1 STABLE 
> > of 15 March:
> >
> > - Anomalies:
> >
> > Add-on controllers, SATA:
> >
> > - booting may report in dmesg: 'DMA limited to UDMA 33, non-ATA66 
> > cable or device'
> >
> > None of the SATA controllers under test have PATA ports.
>
>
>
> Are you sure those are native SATA?
>
> Not just PATA controllers with SATA interface chips (generally made by
> Marvell, usually easily seen)?

Good point, GA, but AFAIK that style is out of production
on economic grounds - see below.

The Sil3114 is an all-in-one 4-port chip. The only other IC
on the PCB is an AMD 82G6518 for the BIOS.

2-port versions are HK$ 130 or so, 4-port HK$ 170 or so, and
prices still dropping.

Boxed with one SATA cable and a rear-apron bracket
with single socket for external SATA.

No margin in those prices for extra IC's from Marvel.  ;-)

- or QC.   :-(

Bill