From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: 3.2.14: Marvell 88SE9123 PCIe SATA 6.0 Gb/s controller not working Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:45:06 -0400 Message-ID: <4F897152.6030100@teksavvy.com> References: <4F888C09.5000408@fold.natur.cuni.cz> <4F896FEB.3090303@teksavvy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ironport-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.143.162]:2478 "EHLO ironport-out.teksavvy.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751161Ab2DNMpI (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:45:08 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4F896FEB.3090303@teksavvy.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Martin Mokrejs Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On 12-04-14 08:39 AM, Mark Lord wrote: > On 12-04-13 04:26 PM, Martin Mokrejs wrote: >> Hi, >> I am looking for an Express Card to plug into my laptop to provide additional >> eSATA port. I just tried two cards, incidentally having same chipset. One was >> from Axago ECS-6S (1x eSATA port) and the other was Kouwell EK-113 (2x eSATA). >> Both cards have just one/two eSATA ports but kernel tries to assign many ata ports >> (see the logs). And this was probably fatal issue: > > I have/use this single-port card with port-multipliers and single drives, > and it works very well under all kernels from the past couple of years: > > http://www.dealextreme.com/p/1-port-esata-expresscard-34mm-expansion-card-for-laptops-3gbps-28899 > 0d:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB360 AHCI Controller (rev 02) > > There is also a 2-port version, which probably works just as well, > but I don't have one (yet -- on order). > > http://www.dealextreme.com/p/54mm-express-card-to-2-port-esata-raid-card-for-notebook-48004 > > Do NOT get any of the combo USB3/eSATA cards, because the eSATA ports on those > are really just USB3 internally. So they work with port multipliers, > but they don't provide raw drive access. I have one of those here as well. Correction: the USB3/eSATA combo cards do NOT work with port-multipliers on the "eSATA" port. They do work with USB3 based port multiplers plugged into the USB3 port. Cheers