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| 21:51.25 | whitequark | lol DocScrutinizer05 |
| 21:51.34 | whitequark | I've just picked up a chinese SATA PCIe controller |
| 21:51.48 | whitequark | it has 6 ports but can handle only 4 devices simultaneously |
| 21:51.58 | whitequark | iow 6 physical ports but 4 ports on the controller IC |
| 21:52.13 | whitequark | can you guess how would the user select which physical ports go to which controller IC ports? |
| 21:53.55 | whitequark | hint: imagine the gnarliest, cheapest solution you possibly can |
| 22:24.38 | wpwrak | cheapest solution: 2 ports are simply unconnected ? for "power only" :) |
| 22:27.22 | whitequark | well, not quite |
| 22:27.47 | whitequark | the answer is they put a jumper in a gap between 6Gbps SATA lanes |
| 22:27.55 | whitequark | and you switch between int/ext ports using that. |
| 22:28.07 | whitequark | I can't believe it works. I assume it works in at least some capacity. |
| 22:35.08 | wpwrak | jumper. solid, proven technology. and don't all those fancy new high-speed bus thingies have some speed adjustment phase where they determine how fast they can safely go ? see. no problem then. your data will still flow safely. |
| 22:37.05 | whitequark | "we make sure your eSATA external drive is as slow as your USB one" |
| 22:37.10 | whitequark | "that is tradition" |
| 22:39.57 | wpwrak | "fully compatible" :) |