Adaptec 1405 on FreeBSD

[Alexander Motin]

Patrick Proniewski wrote:
> On 13 nov. 2009, at 21:03, Alexander Motin wrote:
> 
>> Alexander Motin wrote:
>>> Patrick Proniewski wrote:
>>>> Any PCIe card suggestion is appreciated.
>>>
>>> FreeBSD 6.x is already legacy. If you are building something new, you
>>> should look forward. What I have tested:
>>> - SiI3124-based - fast and functional. It is actually PCI-X one, but
>>> there are many boards with built-in PCIe bridges.
>>> - two SiI3132-based (Adaptec 1420SA and many others) - as cheap PCIe x1
>>
>> Oops, I meant Adaptec 1220SA here ^^^.
>>
>>> alternative (max 150MB/s per card). These two better supported with new
>>> siis(4) driver on 8.0, but should work on 7.x with ata(4), haven't
>>> looked lower.
>>> - First generation of SiI chips (SiI3114). They are quite old - SATA1
>>> and PCI, but they are long-time supported and they take all possible
>>> from PCI bus, and in 66MHz PCI-X slot can give even more. But I have
>>> heard some negative comments about them.
>>> - Supermicro SAT2-MV8 on Marvell - recently tested it on 8.0, supported
>>> in 7.x and probably before. Adaptec 1420SA is from the same series. But
>>> they are PCI-X (tested it in PCI).
>>> - Adaptec 1430SA - PCIe, based on newer Marvell chip. Added basic
>>> support recently to 8-STABLE. Not supported before.
>>> - most of chipset-integrated controllers (Intel, NVidia) are really not
>>> bad when working in AHCI mode (they are not limited by bus speed).
>>> - JMicron-based PCIe x1 adapters. They are cheap, AHCI-compatible and
>>> not so bad, but limited by bus speed at about 180MB/s per card.
> 
> I've just found this:
> <http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=249090#>
> 
> Does anybody has given this card a try?
> Unfortunately I can't find the brand of the chip they are using…

Looking on picture, I would surmise it can be SiI3132, but price is
twice bigger then I would expect from that chip. SiI3132-based ST-Lab
A-410 controller in my city costs $29.

-- 
Alexander Motin