Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:12:38 +0200 | From | David Madore <> | Subject | does pata_marvell (88SE6145 driver) support external SATA port? |
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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., <URL: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-507061.html >): this is coherent with Alan Cox's comment when signing of the driver (<URL: http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/10/16/157 >) 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/ )
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