From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: PMP and Smart Enclosure ... Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:01:04 +0200 Message-ID: <20110329150104.GD29865@htj.dyndns.org> References: <20110322145440.GA15541@MAIL.13thfloor.at> <20110322152529.GB15541@MAIL.13thfloor.at> <20110328085211.GD16530@htj.dyndns.org> <20110328123623.GD25384@MAIL.13thfloor.at> <20110328160136.GC6736@htj.dyndns.org> <20110328224642.GJ25384@MAIL.13thfloor.at> <20110328234729.GK25384@MAIL.13thfloor.at> <20110329080321.GG6736@htj.dyndns.org> <20110329144906.GN25384@MAIL.13thfloor.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-fx0-f46.google.com ([209.85.161.46]:53974 "EHLO mail-fx0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750846Ab1C2PBJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:01:09 -0400 Received: by mail-fx0-f46.google.com with SMTP id 17so278043fxm.19 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:01:08 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110329144906.GN25384@MAIL.13thfloor.at> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Herbert Poetzl Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 04:49:06PM +0200, Herbert Poetzl wrote: > PS: any thoughts on how/where I should add the device > interface for the SATA PMP? One way would be adding a device node for the PMP device but I don't have much idea how it should look like. The thing is that PMP isn't a completely separate device. It's more of a dummy hub and an extension of the host SATA bus rather than a separate device. Maybe it's best to just put it together on the host itself. -- tejun