Re: [tlug] Gentoo and serial ATA

[Neil Bortnak <nbortnak@example.com>]

Just to let you know, apparently there aren't a lot of top name-brand
boards with this chipset as it's been primarily marketed to motherboard
manufacturers (where it's used rather extensively).

Neil


On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 12:37, Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote:
> Neil Bortnak wrote:
> 
> > I did some research on SATA cards under linux about a month ago. It
> > seems the best cards overall and the ones with the best linux support
> > are cards based on the Silicon Image 3112 chipset. I've seen them around
> > for about $40US.
> 
> Would you know some of the brands? I'd like to go pick one up at Bic
> camera this afternoon. I don't think they'll let me look in the box to
> see what the chipset is :(
> 
> I'll do some research on the web to see if I can find the names of any
> brands using that chipset.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jean-Christian Imbeault