From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763531AbYDQOoR (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:44:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756554AbYDQOoH (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:44:07 -0400 Received: from [85.114.38.90] ([85.114.38.90]:55384 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756293AbYDQOoG (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:44:06 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:16:22 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: David Madore Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing-List Subject: Re: does pata_marvell (88SE6145 driver) support external SATA port? Message-ID: <20080417151622.1da00713@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: <20080417121238.GA29263@clipper.ens.fr> References: <20080417121238.GA29263@clipper.ens.fr> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.5; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Does the pata_marvell module support an external SATA port? pata_marvell supports the PATA port on some Marvell devices. The SATA side is supported by other drivers depending on the chip. > How can I know this without buying an external SATA drive and > discovering to my dismay that I can't use it? :-) Software side most ESATA looks identical to SATA but some cheap stuff just puts internal SATA on an ESATA connector Be wary of that. Alan