Jeff Breidenbach wrote: > Thanks for the excellent rundown. > > >sata_sil24: 3124/3132 chips don't have any outstanding serious > >problems. IRQ loss on PCI-X was the only recent serious known > >problem but it's fixed now. > > I'm still a little confused how to translate this known-good chipset to > an actual buyable PCI card. It isn't obvious from basic web searching. I also look for 3124/3132 and these are some that I've found: (determined by specs, product reviews, looking closely at photos, etc, it's worth a double-check before deciding) 3132 PCIe: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132010 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816855002 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132011 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132008 3132 ExpressCard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16839150001 3124 PCI: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124003 3124 PCI-X: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816318004 Hope this helps -jim - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html