From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Paris Subject: Re: stable basic 4-port SATA card Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:50:11 -0500 Message-ID: <20071115095011.GA13034@jim.sh> References: <473BBDBE.7060208@gmail.com> <473BC890.9020902@rtr.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from NEUROSIS.MIT.EDU ([18.95.3.133]:43496 "EHLO neurosis.jim.sh" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752501AbXKOJul (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:50:41 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Breidenbach Cc: Mark Lord , Tejun Heo , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox , Robert Hancock , Mikael Pettersson , Jeff Garzik Jeff Breidenbach wrote: > Thanks for the excellent rundown. > > >sata_sil24: 3124/3132 chips don't have any outstanding serious > >problems. IRQ loss on PCI-X was the only recent serious known > >problem but it's fixed now. > > I'm still a little confused how to translate this known-good chipset to > an actual buyable PCI card. It isn't obvious from basic web searching. I also look for 3124/3132 and these are some that I've found: (determined by specs, product reviews, looking closely at photos, etc, it's worth a double-check before deciding) 3132 PCIe: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132010 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816855002 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132011 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132008 3132 ExpressCard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16839150001 3124 PCI: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124003 3124 PCI-X: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816318004 Hope this helps -jim