[geeks] Via PC-1

[Joshua Boyd]

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 04:43:46PM -0600, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> >From: Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net>
> >Date: 2008/02/29 Fri PM 12:27:22 CST
> >To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> >Subject: Re: [geeks] Via PC-1
> 
> 
> <snip>
> 
> >If you need more than 2 drives, use port multipliers.
> >
> >Save the PCI for a smart GigE card.
> 
> Not really an option, as far as I can tell, only certain controllers
> support port multipliers[0], and I really doubt the controller in the
> chipset used on the D201GLY2 is so advanced (it's only "SATA I" (or
> 150 MB/Sec))... 

According to some linux documentation, the SIS964 supports hotplug and
port multipliers since 2004 (well, probably the hardware supported it
all along and the sata_sis gained support in 2004).


http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html#sis