[Soekris] net5501 and CF + ATA + SATA

[Darrick Hartman]

Martin K. Petersen wrote:
>>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Storm <storm.richard at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> Richard> So are you saying that I can get "Secondary" CF card and all
> Richard> three entities will work together like a charm?
> 
> No.
> 
> You seem to have missed the point that there is no SATA controller on
> the net5501.  SATA functionality is provided by a Marvell bridge chip
> that allows a serial ATA drive to be connected to the parallel ATA
> bus.
> 
> The Geode CS5536 companion chip used in the net5501 provides *one* ATA
> channel (primary) with *two* ports (master and slave).  There's no
> secondary channel.  And consequently you can only drive two devices
> simultaneously.
> 
> The three headers on the motherboard (laptop ATA, CF and SATA) are
> there to give systems integrators a choice...

It will be really nice with the manual is actually available.  All of 
this would be documented and properly answered.

Darrick
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