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[ts-7000] Re: eSATA on the TS7800

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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: eSATA on the TS7800
From: "charliem_1216" <>
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:28:24 -0000
Hi -
--- In  "Yan Seiner" <> wrote:
>
> --- In  "PeterElliot" <egroups@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The TS-7800 has two SATA ports on the board. As far as I was 
aware,
> > eSATA is simply a more robust external socket and there are 
available
> > PC brackets which convert SATA to eSATA.
> > 
> > http://www.directron.com/esac04.html
> 
> Well, some reading of the wikipedia page on sata....  IT seems 
that 
> the 3 Gbs SATA port supports port multipliers, and the 1.5 Gbs 
> doesn't.  The 7800 datasheets aren't clear on which it supports.
> 
> Anyone know?

The Marvell 88F5182 programmers guide claims support for:
* NCQ
* 3-Gbps speed
* Port multiplier support
* Port selector support

Course, like the hardware crypto engine w/ DMA and the XOR DMA 
engines on the chip, just because they are there doesn't mean linux 
can use them yet.

Regards, ...... Charlie
>



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