From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: sata-sil drive detection issues. Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:04:38 -0500 Message-ID: <4D66ABC6.8030909@teksavvy.com> References: <4D5C92F4.5000906@crc.id.au> <4D5CA2B1.8020905@crc.id.au> <20110217095815.GN19830@htj.dyndns.org> <20110218091629.GC21209@htj.dyndns.org> <4D65C155.7080902@crc.id.au> <20110224083123.GB7840@htj.dyndns.org> <4D662A8B.5050501@crc.id.au> <20110224100609.GF7840@htj.dyndns.org> <4D66859B.3020806@teksavvy.com> <4D668759.1020208@crc.id.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:9841 "EHLO ironport2-out.pppoe.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756107Ab1BXTEl (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:04:41 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4D668759.1020208@crc.id.au> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Steven Haigh Cc: Tejun Heo , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, justin@jmicron.com On 11-02-24 11:29 AM, Steven Haigh wrote: > > There is only one eSATA port on the back of the cradle. From looking at the > specs of the JMB352[1], it seems that it has the capability to have 3 SATA > channels. Two are used for the cradle bays, the third for the uplink to the PC. > > The PDF states: > "The SATA controller could be configured as host or device. The > 3-port SATA II 3.0G controllers further supports the eSATA to dual SATA > communication." > > [1] - http://www.jmicron.com/PDF/JMB352/JMB352.pdf It would be nice to know what that actually means. The only standard way for a single eSATA to connect to two SATA is via a SATA Port Multiplier. I wonder if that chip implements one?