From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Max Waterman <davidmaxwaterman@fastmail.co.uk>
Subject: Re: 8-port SATA PCI/PCIX adaptor
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 08:44:20 +0800
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Gordon Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Apr 2005, Max Waterman wrote:
>
>>I wonder how it performs - esp. compared to the supermicro card
>>http://supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/DAC-SATA-MV8.cfm which
>>which is a fair bit cheaper at ~$99 and presents the ports internally. I
>>know the Supermicro has a linux driver (they emailed it to me)

> If internally, I'd go for a board that has open-source drivers.

The supermicro board's drivers are open source.

Max.