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From: James Courtier-Dutton <James@superbug.demon.co.uk>
To: Arve Knudsen <aknuds-1@broadpark.no>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Recommended SATA controller?
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 23:24:13 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <404BAF1D.9070103@superbug.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <opr4idafayq1sf88@mail.broadpark.no>

Arve Knudsen wrote:
> Hi
> 
> As it seems the Silicon Image driver won't be radically improved anytime 
> soon(?), I'm thinking of purchasing a dedicated SATA controller. Can 
> anyone recommend me a fairly cheap 2-port controller that's known to 
> work well with Linux (2.6-series)? Stability is imperative, I just had a 
> solid freeze and I'm afraid it might have to do with disk activity 
> (playing MP3s while compiling). Might Promise (Ultra 150) or Adaptect 
> (1210 SA) be worth considering?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Arve Knudsen

The SATA controller on the ICH5 chips seems to work fine here. I have an 
ABIT IC7-G motherboard with SATA controller on the ICH5 chip, all built 
into the motherboard.

Cheers
James


  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-03-07 23:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-03-07 20:16 Recommended SATA controller? Arve Knudsen
2004-03-07 21:27 ` Stefan Smietanowski
2004-03-07 21:32   ` Stefan Smietanowski
2004-03-08  9:26     ` Arve Knudsen
2004-03-07 23:24 ` James Courtier-Dutton [this message]
2004-03-08  0:18   ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-03-08  9:11     ` Arve Knudsen

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