[MinnowBoard] Sata port multiplier enabled?

[Markus Maier]

Hawley, John <john.hawley at ...> writes:

> 
> Bryan,
> 
> After doing some digging, tearing through the documentation and doing
> some testing, I must sadly report: No SATA port multipliers are not
> supported on the MAX with the on-board SATA.  This is a limitation of
> the SOC itself, and not an issue that firmware isn't enabling it.
> 
> I've updated the documentation where I could find it, to make sure that
> was clear.
> 
> - John
> 
> On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 00:34 -0400, Bryan Smith wrote:
> > Hey Guys,
> > 
> > I've been eager to utilize my 4 drive bay but I can only use 1 drive out
> > of 4 because the sata port multiplier doesn't seem to be enabled in the
> > firmware. I talked to some folks in #minnowboard on IRC a few weeks ago
> > about this but I'm wondering when that will be enabled?
> > 
> > Any idea?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Bryan
> 

Hi John,

then I would highly appreciate if we could get the SATA controllers running
on the seacat lure. David knows about it and is investigating. This seems to
be the only way to get more HDDs attached to the Minnwoboard MAX.

Cheers
Markus