On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 05:13:08PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 01:55:48AM +0100, Philippe Landau wrote: > > Congratulations and thank you for OpenSuse 10.3. > > > > I'm trying to get more Sata connections and eSata ports. > > Apparently the PCI-Express card i bought needs a change in the Kernel: > > > > For linux (in the kernel config), you need to check the box for > > support for "AHCI SATA support" and "Jmicro IDE" support. > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16815283005 > > > > Will i be able to make it work on Suse, being a simple user ? > > I think so, yes, but the "hotplug" capability of the individual sata > devices might not work as Linux doesn't quite have full support for > that. > > Also, the poweron/poweroff of the pci express slot card is a bit > "different" for some laptops. You might have to manually load the > acpiphp and/or the pciehp drivers to get it to work properly for > hotplugging the card itself. > > And, to top all that off, only the most recent laptops have proper pcie > expresscard support in their bioses as the other "major" operating > system didn't offer hotplug support until Vista, so no one tested them > very well :(
Ok, that was a whole lot of "reservations", sorry, I didn't mean for it to come accross that way at all. I have a device like this here and it works just fine, and has for years, and this manufacturer acknowledges Linux support, so you should be fine. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
