Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422672AbWBAQMf (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 11:12:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422673AbWBAQMf (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 11:12:35 -0500 Received: from prgy-npn2.prodigy.com ([207.115.54.38]:15100 "EHLO oddball.prodigy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422672AbWBAQMX (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 11:12:23 -0500 Message-ID: <43E0DE1F.4040809@tmr.com> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:13:19 -0500 From: Bill Davidsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050920 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joshua Kugler CC: jgarzik@pobox.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [OT] 8-port AHCI SATA Controller? References: <20060131115343.GA2580@favonius> <200601310919.20199.joshua.kugler@uaf.edu> In-Reply-To: <200601310919.20199.joshua.kugler@uaf.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1649 Lines: 48 Joshua Kugler wrote: > On Tuesday 31 January 2006 02:53, Sander wrote: > >>Hello, >> >>I'm looking for an 8-port SATA controller based on the AHCI chipset, as >>according to http://linux.yyz.us/sata/sata-status.html#vendor_support >>this chipset is completely open. >> >>I've searched the websides of the companies which according to >>http://linux.yyz.us/sata/sata-status.html#ahci base some of their >>products on this chipset, but I couldn't find an 8-port controller. >> >>I've also googled, but without success, hence this somewhat offtopic >>message. Although I hope the response helps others in their quest. >> >>The question: does an 8-port AHCI based SATA controller exist? And if, >>where can I find it? 12, 16 or 24 ports will do too. I don't need HW >>raid, just JBOD. > > > I've run some tests with this card under Linux and done pretty well: > > http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/DAC-SATA-MV8.cfm > > They also have a 3.0Gb version. > > Not sure if that is AHCI, but it is eight port. > > 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. > > Hope that helps. I get a "you do not have permission" using that link, for what it's worth. -- -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com) "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/