From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750891AbVHTFk3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Aug 2005 01:40:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751077AbVHTFk3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Aug 2005 01:40:29 -0400 Received: from mail.dvmed.net ([216.237.124.58]:36320 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750891AbVHTFk2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Aug 2005 01:40:28 -0400 Message-ID: <4306C242.6070607@pobox.com> Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 01:40:18 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050720) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Thonke CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Support for Silicon Image 3132 SATA II Controller References: <2de37a4405072115392cfd5470@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2de37a4405072115392cfd5470@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Michael Thonke wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a new Silicon Image 3132 SATA II host-controller, this one is > designed along the SATA (II) specification - (Hot-Plug,NCQ,3GB/s > transfer). This controller is linked to the pci-express bus. I guess > it operate like the 3124 controller with some addition :-) On the > Silicon Image website I found some papers for this controller and his > architecture. It can be found here > http://www.siliconimage.com/products/product.aspx?id=32&ptid=1 > > I can provide a pci-ids for some specific boards if needed...I found > this controller on some new motherboards Gigabyte's 955X Royal, ABIT > AW8,ECS PF88 Extreme, TUL,Foxconn and maybe others coming. > > Is it possible to implement this controller to libata: sata_sil > driver? I also would spend some time to test the driver. You'll want to try the sata_sil24 driver, which is in the libata-dev.git repository, described at http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/8/18/269 Jeff