From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GTSvD-00026d-OM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:41:40 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8U0eTAj028965; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:40:29 GMT Received: from linda-4.paradise.net.nz (linda-4.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8U0aDoT006976 for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:36:14 GMT Received: from smtp-3.paradise.net.nz (tclsnelb1-src-1.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.172]) by linda-4.paradise.net.nz (Paradise.net.nz) with ESMTP id <0J6D00CPJR0BKD@linda-4.paradise.net.nz> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:36:12 +1200 (NZST) Received: from [192.168.1.11] (218-101-28-86.dsl.clear.net.nz [218.101.28.86]) by smtp-3.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7FDE7F3C03 for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:36:11 +1200 (NZST) Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:36:08 +1200 From: Mark Kirkwood Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: JMicron confusion In-reply-to: <64e8d2f20609291613t236a0f13j965ae9c39da5f244@mail.gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <451DBBF8.7080504@paradise.net.nz> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060704) References: <64e8d2f20609291228h3dbb57e3mfdec5ba0f8fcc15d@mail.gmail.com> <64e8d2f20609291502p4c517517w3d6c255b2c0f3bc7@mail.gmail.com> <7573e9640609291552x679dec95l7d7db7e12dd8a40f@mail.gmail.com> <64e8d2f20609291613t236a0f13j965ae9c39da5f244@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 1722b840-4d1a-4a7e-95e5-a621a049e386 X-Archives-Hash: ba04040a324e69a059ad49d2e1a6663b Ryan Sims wrote: > On 9/29/06, Richard Fish wrote: >> On 9/29/06, Ryan Sims wrote: >> > Let me rephrase my question: If I only use SATA drives, non RAID, >> > they only run through the P975 southbridge, and I should be ok, right? >> >> Well I don't own one of these things, but it looks like the SATA stuff >> goes through the JMicron chip, while the RAID is provided by the 975. > > I thought it was the other way around? > > Southbridge > - 4 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports > JMicron(r) JMB363 PATA and SATA controller > - 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices > - 1 x Internal SATA 3.0 Gb/s port > - 1 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go) > - Support SATA RAID 0, 1 and JBOD > > (from > http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1178&l1=3&l2=11&l3=307) > > > That seems to say that 4 SATA drives can go through the Southbridge > (P965, typo earlier, sorry) Yeah - looks like it is for that board - as it uses ICH8 for plain old SATA and JMicron for RAID, other similar boards seem to use ICH8R for RAID and JMicron for plain old SATA... just to add to the confusion :-) Cheers Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list