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From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Info about PCMCIA Combo USB 2.0 & SATA CardBus,,Model: PPA 1158
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:14:37 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E0CAEFD.6070701@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E0C3FD4.4080008@gmail.com>

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JD wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
> Below is the response from PPA, to my request for chipset info.
> I am searched the kernel 2.6.39.2 (which I got from kernel.org)
>  source for VT6214 and for VT6421
> and did not get any hits.
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Re: Contact Form
> Date: 	Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:32:45 -0400
> From: 	inquire@ppa-usa.com
> To: 	JD <jd1008@gmail.com>
>
>
>
> The card uses the VIA VT6214 chipset for USB and the VIA chipset
> for SATA.
>
> Thank you,
>
> PPA Int'l
>

This may be it:

   │ 
CONFIG_SATA_VIA:                                                                                                                                                   
│
   
│                                                                                                                                                                    
│
   │ This option enables support for VIA Serial 
ATA.                                                                                                                    
│
   
│                                                                                                                                                                    
│
   │ If unsure, say 
N.                                                                                                                                                  
│
   
│                                                                                                                                                                    
│
   │ Symbol: SATA_VIA 
[=n]                                                                                                                                              
│
   │ Type  : 
tristate                                                                                                                                                   
│
   │ Prompt: VIA SATA 
support                                                                                                                                           
│
   │   Defined at 
drivers/ata/Kconfig:266                                                                                                                               
│
   │   Depends on: ATA [=y] && ATA_SFF [=y] && ATA_BMDMA [=y] && PCI 
[=y]                                                                                               
│
   │   
Location:                                                                                                                                                        
│
   │     -> Device 
Drivers                                                                                                                                              
│
   │       -> Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers (ATA 
[=y])                                                                                                            
│
   │         -> ATA SFF support (ATA_SFF 
[=y])                                                                                                                          
│
   │           -> ATA BMDMA support (ATA_BMDMA [=y])


It looks like that is for all VIA drivers.  It's all I could find anyway.

Dale

:-)  :-)

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-30 17:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-30  4:34 [gentoo-user] Info about PCMCIA Combo USB 2.0 & SATA CardBus,,Model: PPA 1158 JD
2011-06-30  5:20 ` Thanasis
2011-06-30  5:20   ` JD
2011-06-30  6:09     ` Thanasis
2011-06-30  5:58       ` JD
2011-06-30  9:20   ` JD
2011-06-30 17:14     ` Dale [this message]
2011-06-30  9:59       ` JD
2011-06-30 17:40     ` [gentoo-user] Info about PCMCIA Combo USB 2.0 & SATA CardBus, Model: " Thanasis
2011-06-30 10:09       ` JD
2011-06-30 17:59         ` Thanasis

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