From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Qc9zC-00079a-Oc for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:40:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2F7A4E02CB; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:38:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pz0-f53.google.com (mail-pz0-f53.google.com [209.85.210.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E30EBE02CB for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:38:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk6 with SMTP id 6so1953pzk.40 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:38:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=m6fualnYqVv4PuU0QCTjDjy/rE0gxLhXrK+C7TaVayQ=; b=pfgonrmnu/tp1lzyAF90khAcoT7v9P6jzm81yPMhYuwsjPATTRZ3gLfnxw6BnFhAma XOquuFNP492rWECJHHcWxdBw1psK1ZYYabe4OW2I3Z6cQ1rRp7i7F+I8z2XhzBdokUPx /cBMcV9An1G0a4TS7r8yL3bpaK7ong7Wnn6Xs= Received: by 10.68.22.170 with SMTP id e10mr2074408pbf.349.1309412337385; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:38:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (76-218-80-172.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net [76.218.80.172]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g2sm1323790pbh.47.2011.06.29.22.38.54 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:38:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E0C07B2.7080706@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:20:50 -0700 From: JD User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110428 Fedora/3.1.10-1.fc14 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.10 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Info about PCMCIA Combo USB 2.0 & SATA CardBus,,Model: PPA 1158 References: <4E0BFCE9.6030608@gmail.com> <4E0C07A2.4000304@asyr.hopto.org> In-Reply-To: <4E0C07A2.4000304@asyr.hopto.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 75e0d502f613fcba7c64bafb4dff8697 On 06/29/2011 10:20 PM, Thanasis wrote: > on 06/30/2011 07:34 AM JD wrote the following: >> This pcmcia card has a couple of bad raps from windows users. >> I need this card for my laptop because I have an external HD enclosure >> with eSATA port and my laptop lacks USB 2.0 (has USB 1.1). >> The manufacturer emailed me and claimed the card was tested >> in kernel 2.6.32 and passed. >> I am trying to get some info about other users who may have >> used it in their laptops running any version of linux. >> >> The card's web site is: >> http://ppa-usa.com/computer-products/sata/pcmcia-combo-usb-2-0-and-sata-cardbus.html >> > I think the only way to be sure, is to find out the chipset that the > card has. Thanx. I have emailed the manufacturer and asked. Waiting for a reply. Cheers, JD