From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932068AbYDQMlQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:41:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757996AbYDQMlD (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:41:03 -0400 Received: from nef2.ens.fr ([129.199.96.40]:2134 "EHLO nef2.ens.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755739AbYDQMlA (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:41:00 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 1700 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:41:00 EDT Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:12:38 +0200 From: David Madore To: Linux Kernel Mailing-List Subject: does pata_marvell (88SE6145 driver) support external SATA port? Message-ID: <20080417121238.GA29263@clipper.ens.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.1.4 (nef2.ens.fr [129.199.96.32]); Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:12:39 +0200 (CEST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I have an Asus P5W64 WS motherboard, featuring a Marvell 88SE6145 ATA controller, with three internal SATA ports and one external e-SATA port. I understand the Linux kernel driver for this controller is called pata_marvell even though it's a SATA controller (/me confused, but I think it says something like the controller is used in "legacy" mode, whatever that means); I also understand that this driver will not drive the third internal SATA port (reported on, e.g., ): this is coherent with Alan Cox's comment when signing of the driver () that the driver will "drive the SATA ports 1 & 2 in legacy mode". However, no mention was made of the external SATA port. So: Does the pata_marvell module support an external SATA port? How can I know this without buying an external SATA drive and discovering to my dismay that I can't use it? :-) Cheers, -- David A. Madore (david.madore@ens.fr, http://www.madore.org/~david/ )