I just got a reply from SI tech support regarding the 3114 4-channel PCI-based SATA chip which is on some motherboards (notably on the Abit IC7Max3 motherboard, on which the 3114 chip provides 4 of the 6 SATA channels). Here is the reply: "3114 Linux drivers are being finalized and wil be made available for download on our support site as soon as they are fully qualified. We expect them to be ready in the next few weeks." Woohoo! --Krishna