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I think the original question was "Does SATA support only a master and slave on each bus?" ___________________________________________________________________ Brian A. Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 408.741.5010 Berg Software Design FAX: 408.741.5234 P.O. Box 3488 visit the Storage Cornucopia at www.bswd.com 14500 Big Basin Way, Suite F Consulting: SCSI/FC/SAN/storage Saratoga, CA 95070 USA > You've hit on one of the great flaws of storage adapters. There isn't a host > controller standard for serial - ata (yet, cross fingers). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gana Pat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 11:39 AM > To: Gary Laatsch > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [t13] SATA > > Thanks Gary, > > But the Serial ATA spec does not talk about the software much. It says its > software compatible with the predecessors. But I am not sure how it is done. > Do you know any pointers where I can get more details on the Serial ATA HBAs > and their standards ? > > Gana > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Gary <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Laatsch > To: Gana Pat <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 10:25 AM > Subject: RE: [t13] SATA > > www.serialata.org <http://www.serialata.org> . You can find the spec. > there. > > gary laatsch > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gana Pat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 10:02 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [t13] SATA > > Hi , > > Can I discuss regarding Serial ATA here ? > > If yes here goes my questions. > > I heard that the SATA is software compatible with Parallel ATA. But how far > it holds good in terms of devices per channel (port) ? I heard that they are > also working on the Hubs with which you can connect more devices per > channel. Is this true ? > > Anyone knows any info on this ? > > Your help is highly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Gana
