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JD wrote: |
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> On 06/29/2011 10:20 PM, Thanasis wrote: |
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>> on 06/30/2011 07:34 AM JD wrote the following: |
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>>> This pcmcia card has a couple of bad raps from windows users. |
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>>> I need this card for my laptop because I have an external HD enclosure |
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>>> with eSATA port and my laptop lacks USB 2.0 (has USB 1.1). |
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>>> The manufacturer emailed me and claimed the card was tested |
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>>> in kernel 2.6.32 and passed. |
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>>> I am trying to get some info about other users who may have |
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>>> used it in their laptops running any version of linux. |
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>>> |
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>>> The card's web site is: |
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>>> http://ppa-usa.com/computer-products/sata/pcmcia-combo-usb-2-0-and-sata-cardbus.html |
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>>> |
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>> |
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>> I think the only way to be sure, is to find out the chipset that the |
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>> card has. |
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>> |
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> Below is the response from PPA, to my request for chipset info. |
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> I am searched the kernel 2.6.39.2 (which I got from kernel.org) |
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> source for VT6214 and for VT6421 |
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> and did not get any hits. |
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> |
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> |
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> -------- Original Message -------- |
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> Subject: Re: Contact Form |
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> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:32:45 -0400 |
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> From: inquire@×××××××.com |
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> To: JD <jd1008@×××××.com> |
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> The card uses the VIA VT6214 chipset for USB and the VIA chipset |
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> for SATA. |
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> Thank you, |
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> |
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> PPA Int'l |
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> |
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This may be it: |
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│ |
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CONFIG_SATA_VIA: |
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│ |
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│ |
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│ |
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│ This option enables support for VIA Serial |
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ATA. |
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│ |
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│ |
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│ |
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│ If unsure, say |
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N. |
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│ |
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│ |
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│ |
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│ Symbol: SATA_VIA |
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[=n] |
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│ |
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│ Type : |
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tristate |
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│ |
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│ Prompt: VIA SATA |
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support |
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│ |
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│ Defined at |
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drivers/ata/Kconfig:266 |
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│ |
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│ Depends on: ATA [=y] && ATA_SFF [=y] && ATA_BMDMA [=y] && PCI |
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[=y] |
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│ |
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│ |
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Location: |
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│ |
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│ -> Device |
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Drivers |
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│ |
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│ -> Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers (ATA |
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[=y]) |
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│ |
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│ -> ATA SFF support (ATA_SFF |
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[=y]) |
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│ |
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│ -> ATA BMDMA support (ATA_BMDMA [=y]) |
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It looks like that is for all VIA drivers. It's all I could find anyway. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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