From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Courtier-Dutton Subject: Re: Recommended SATA controller? Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 23:24:13 +0000 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <404BAF1D.9070103@superbug.demon.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net ([194.217.242.89]:39688 "EHLO anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262330AbUCGX0P (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Mar 2004 18:26:15 -0500 In-Reply-To: List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Arve Knudsen Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org 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