From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 11 00:41:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7CB0106564A; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:41:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from morganw@chemikals.org) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com (cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com [75.180.132.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89F248FC16; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:41:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from morganw@chemikals.org) Received: from shop.chemikals.org ([75.182.2.94]) by cdptpa-omta05.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20080411000123.BUAJ5568.cdptpa-omta05.mail.rr.com@shop.chemikals.org>; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:01:23 +0000 Received: from volatile.chemikals.org (root@r74-193-170-223.bssrcmta01.bscyla.by.dh.suddenlink.net [74.193.170.223] (may be forged)) by shop.chemikals.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m3B01KtX072817; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:01:21 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from morganw@chemikals.org) Received: from localhost (morganw@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by volatile.chemikals.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m3B01Gc9021237; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:01:17 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from morganw@chemikals.org) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:01:16 -0500 (CDT) From: Wes Morgan To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= In-Reply-To: <69BF4DC9-7CCD-415F-B09B-4536570ABCD4@freebsd.org> Message-ID: References: <200804092219.WAA20895@sopwith.solgatos.com> <47FD90B7.2010300@yandex.ru> <69BF4DC9-7CCD-415F-B09B-4536570ABCD4@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (BSF 882 2007-12-20) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="2180312168-1963438180-1207872078=:11511" Cc: freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com, "Andrey V. Elsukov" , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA port multiplier support ready yet? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:41:11 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --2180312168-1963438180-1207872078=:11511 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Søren Schmidt wrote: > Hi > > Yes, I'm working on port multiplier support and a commit of rudimentary > support is imminent. Will PM support be something that is an MFC candidate? And can you expand on "rudimentary"? > >> Dieter wrote: >>> If not, how does this "intelligent enough to hide the details" stuff >>> work? Does the controller lie to the OS and say "I have 6 ports" >>> rather than "I have 2 ports" and then the device says "I'm a 5:1 >>> portmultiplier"? >> >> As I know Soren is working on the SATA PortMultiplier support and >> he's going to commit it. >> >> -- >> WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --2180312168-1963438180-1207872078=:11511--