VIA 8237 under FreeBSD 4.11

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:34, Sean Bruno wrote:
> > In general it will probably work OK until you get an SATA PHY error and
> > then the whole PC will lock up because the OS isn't polling the error
> > register..
>
> Bummer...Is this a general issue of the way 4.X handles SATA?  I.e.
> Would the ICH5 work any better to your knowledge?

4.x doesn't handle SATA per se, it doesn't really know anything about it 
unless you try dougb's patches (I think).

I would strongly suggest migrating ASAP so you don't get stuck with [more] 
poorly supported hardware.

Or you could try staying with PATA drives, but it's a losing battle - you will 
be hard pressed to find a new PC for which the devices are properly 
supported. (eg stuff like onboard ethernet)

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