From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jody Belka Subject: Re: marvell sata status? Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 18:44:50 +0000 Message-ID: <20090101184450.GG3386@pimb.org> References: <20090101051038.GD3386@pimb.org> <495CCE0F.7010002@rtr.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from zeus.pimb.org ([80.68.88.21]:58102 "EHLO zeus.pimb.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751827AbZAASpE (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jan 2009 13:45:04 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <495CCE0F.7010002@rtr.ca> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Lord Cc: Justin Piszcz , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 09:07:11AM -0500, Mark Lord wrote: > The Marvell 7042 (PCIe) and 6042 (PCI) chips are very stable > and full-featured with the current sata_mv driver in Linux. >=20 > The older 6081 and 6041 chips still have issues with Linux, > something I'm working on fixing early in 2009. Cool, I think I'll go for that card then (Adaptec 1430SA). They're x4, so good bandwidth, and i'll use the x16 slots on my board for them. Only need one for now, but two eventually. And they're a good price, at only =A377 each. J --=20 Jody Belka knew (at) pimb (dot) org