[clue-tech] eSATA, anyone know about this?

[Kevin Cullis]

OK,

Here's another solution, and it's cross platform:

http://www.nitroav.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=78&cat=2&page=1

Windows, Mac, and Linux

Kevin

Jef Barnhart wrote:
> SATA for external enclosures.
> 
> You will start to see this more with external raid or disk boxes.The
> part that I want is libata to support hot swapping devices. From what I
> see it is still just a dream.
> 
> http://linux.yyz.us/sata/
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Hotplug support
> libata supports host controller hotplug ("yank the card").
> 
> All SATA devices are hotplug-capable.
> 
> libata does not support device hotplug ("yank the drive")... yet.
> 
> Update: Lukasz Kosewski has contributed an initial implementation of
> SATA device hotplug.
> 
> The following SATA controllers will never support hotplug: Intel ICH5,
> Intel ICH5-R, Intel ICH6 (non-AHCI), Pacific Digital Talon (ADMA),
> Promise SATA SX4.
> 
> These controllers do not export enough information about the SATA phy to
> make it possible to support hotplug. In some cases, such as Intel
> ICH5/ICH6, it is possible to support "coldplug" operation: the user
> informs the OS driver he wishes to disconnect his SATA device, rather
> than simply disconnecting it.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> Once that happens...
> 
> I have experimented with "cold plug". With the OS on a standard IDE
> interface and the sata holding the data that I wanted.
> 
> 1) unmount the the drive.
> 2) remove the drivers.
> 3) unplug the drive.
> 4) plug in the drive.
> 5) load drivers.
> 6) mount 
> 
> The sata interface is ready for "hot-plugging" electrically. Just
> waiting for software.
> 
> Jef
> 
> 
> On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 23:26:55 -0700
> Kevin Cullis <kevincu at viawest.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hey all,
>>
>>I just found out about this:
>>
>>eSATA
>>
>>http://www.sata-io.org/esata.asp
>>
>>Has anyone worked with it?
>>
>>Kevin
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