From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: Highpoint DC7280 Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:58:38 -0400 Message-ID: <4FDF7A5E.90409@teksavvy.com> References: <4FDEDE3A.7030507@psi5.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:4080 "EHLO ironport2-out.teksavvy.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752249Ab2FRTIR (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:08:17 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4FDEDE3A.7030507@psi5.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Christian Brandt Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On 12-06-18 03:52 AM, Christian Brandt wrote: > My company got hold of a Highpoint DC7280 for evaluation purposes. As we > weren't that much impressed - mostly due abysmal propetiary drivers and > support - I got it as a toy gift to play at home. > > Abstract in novella form: it is a dirt cheap 32 Port SATA-Controller. It > features eight Marvell Chips each with a four port SATA Port Multiplier. It would be very interesting and useful to see the markings on the top of the chip that is buried under that heatsink. Most Marvell SATA chips already work with Linux..