From: Joshua Kugler <joshua.kugler@uaf.edu>
Organization: UAF Center for Distance Education - IT
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sander@humilis.net
Subject: Re: [OT] 8-port AHCI SATA Controller?
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:02:10 -0900
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On Tuesday 31 January 2006 09:56, Sander wrote:
> Joshua Kugler wrote (ao):
> > http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/DAC-SATA-MV8.cfm
> >
> > They also have a 3.0Gb version.
> Marvell has their own chipset, according to
> http://linux.yyz.us/sata/sata-status.html#marvell

They do, but I could never find them.  At least, not that made sense to me.  
The mvSata_Linux drivers were the GPL'ed, and then "extended" versions, IIRC.  
It's been a while since I've researched that.

> > I got the drivers here:
> > http://www.keffective.com/mvsata/FC3/
> > The latest was mvSata_Linux_3.6.1.tgz as of 2005-10-13.
> I very, very much prefer in-tree drivers :-)

I do too.  However, I was trying to use a Supermicro P4SCi motherboard and it 
*would not boot* with two SX8 cards and more than 8 SATA drives hooked up, 
regardless of configuration (7 on one card, 2 on the other, etc). So, I had 
to find another eight port card.  And besides, the MV8's are about half the 
price of the SX8's. :)  So I went with what worked.

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