Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757187AbXIWXqW (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:46:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754495AbXIWXqP (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:46:15 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:46652 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754441AbXIWXqO (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:46:14 -0400 Message-ID: <46F6FAC4.2020509@garzik.org> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:46:12 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070727) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dougg@torque.net CC: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, LKML , James Bottomley Subject: Re: [PATCH] Broadcom 8603 SAS/SATA driver, rough draft References: <20070923040437.GA30170@havoc.gtf.org> <46F6E1C2.20905@torque.net> In-Reply-To: <46F6E1C2.20905@torque.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.9 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 740 Lines: 23 Douglas Gilbert wrote: > Is the lack of SMP support a driver limitation or is it > the silicon? > > How about support for wide ports (i.e. when 2 or more HBA > phys are attached to remote phys which have the same SAS > addresses)? > > Last question: can the chip run in SCSI target mode? Just for everybody's information, the Marvell SAS/SATA chip for which I'm also writing a driver definitely supports all of that: SMP, STP, wire ports, SCSI target mode, even SATA target mode. Jeff - 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/