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Björn König wrote:
> Scott Long schrieb:
> 
>> Are you talking about the AHCI standard, or something else?  Can you
>> provide a reference, please?
> 
> 
> I meant in particular ADMA from
> 
> http://www.t13.org/project/d1510r1-Host-Adapter.pdf
> 
> See also
> 
> http://www.pacificdigital.com/talon/whitepaper.pdf
> 
> I'm not sure if I mix something up right now.
> 
> Regards Björn

Ok, this is a similar idea to AHCI.  Soeren might have some work in
progress on this, hopefully he'll respond once he's back from vacation.
In any case, the best way to get support for hardware is to get that
hardware into the hands of a developer.

Scott