It seems dave wrote:
> > It seems David Leimbach wrote:
> >> So... I have this nice SATA drive and controller which I believe is
> >> supported
> >> by FreeBSD but not in the default build for releases.
> >>
> >> What is the best way to cross-build a version of FreeBSD's release  
> >> ISOs
> >> that
> >> will include drivers not included in the default distribution?  Or is
> >> it possible
> >> to supply a driver during sysinstall time to have FreeBSD recognize my
> >> hard disk?
> >
> > There is no ATA support that is not included in the stock GENERIC
> > kernel, so I'm not sure what you mean here ?
> > It would be helpfull to know what controller and disk we are talking
> > about, 'a' SATA controller and disk isn't really helpfull :)
> 
> Interesting... I thought for certain someone had told me there was a  
> driver for the Silicon Image Sil 3112A Controller in FreeBSD.

No, that one is no supported (yet).

> The disk is a Western Digital "Raptor"
> http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/serialata/ 
> EnterpriseDrives.asp#spec
> 
> So far it works quite nicely with Mandrake 9.1.  I have another disk I  
> can load
> FreeBSD onto.  How would I go about getting/adding support for this  
> controller?

Get me a 3112 based controller on my desk :)

-Søren
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