From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: john@BlueSkyTours.com Subject: Re: stable basic 4-port SATA card Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:37:10 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: References: <473BBDBE.7060208@gmail.com> <473BC890.9020902@rtr.ca> <20071115095011.GA13034@jim.sh> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Return-path: Received: from nat1.blueskytours.com ([12.96.192.180]:27666 "HELO volcano.blueskytours.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1755196AbXKOWn5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:43:57 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20071115095011.GA13034@jim.sh> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jim Paris Cc: Jeff Breidenbach , Mark Lord , Tejun Heo , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox , Robert Hancock , Mikael Pettersson , Jeff Garzik On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Jim Paris wrote: > 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 I have used the Syba without any problems: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815124027 John