Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:14:57 +0100 (BST) | From | Ruth Ivimey-Cook <> | Subject | More on IDE controller choice |
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Folks,
Further to my request for info on the Promise controllers, I have just discovered that the GA-7N400 Pro2 motherboard would suit, if there were decent Linux support for the ethernet controller (RealTek 8169 GBit -- I think this is ok, yes?) and the IDE controller - a GigaRAID device, aka ITE 8212. There seems to be conflicting reports about this. There is a binary Linux driver available from GigaByte, but no source. Some have reported that source is available from ITE, but I can't find where. Some reports say the driver is in the kernel dist, but I can only see the driver for a different ITE chip and no indication it does more than one.
Can anyone help?
I am getting v.close to go for the devil I know -- the Promise chips -- rather than the possible angel I don't. I don't wish to pay enough for the 3ware controller, even if I could find a UK supplier (I havent, yet), and even some reports of the Adaptec 1200A are rather downbeat. I would probably end up with the HighPoint controller in the RocketRAID 404 if pushed too far by failing Promise's.
Regards,
Ruth
-- Ruth Ivimey-Cook Software engineer and technical writer.
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