Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:48:07 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Wes Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org> Cc: freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com, "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SATA port multiplier support ready yet? Message-ID: <27A47E7F-3131-4B52-9394-63E5F68C7EB8@FreeBSD.ORG> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.1.00.0804101900150.11511@ibyngvyr.purzvxnyf.bet> References: <200804092219.WAA20895@sopwith.solgatos.com> <47FD90B7.2010300@yandex.ru> <69BF4DC9-7CCD-415F-B09B-4536570ABCD4@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.1.00.0804101900150.11511@ibyngvyr.purzvxnyf.bet>
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Hi ATA as such is the same in 6.3+ 7.0 and -current, so yes MFC is a =20 definite candidate. However, lets get it beaten into shape in -current first :) Rudimentary in that it has all the infrastructure sorted out in ATA, =20 but there are features thats not supported yet, such as hotplug/=20 removal, that kind of things. For permanently attached devices it is =20 fully functianal for data access etc, on the supported HW. -S=F8ren On 11Apr, 2008, at 2:01 , Wes Morgan wrote: > On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, S=F8ren Schmidt wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Yes, I'm working on port multiplier support and a commit of =20 >> rudimentary support is imminent. > > Will PM support be something that is an MFC candidate? And can you =20 > expand on "rudimentary"? > > >> >>> Dieter wrote: >>>> If not, how does this "intelligent enough to hide the details" =20 >>>> 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. >>> --=20 >>> 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=20 >>> " >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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=20 >> "
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