<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">2013/9/27 Stefan Monnier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:monnier@iro.umontreal.ca" target="_blank">monnier@iro.umontreal.ca</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">

<div>>> But to use something like the quattro docking station, either you have<br>
>> to use a USB connection (rather undesirable, especially since all those<br>
>> ARM thingies seem to be limited to USB-2.0 so far), or you have to use<br>
>> a SATA connection where the controller supports "port multiplier".<br>
> Both types support sata multiplier.<br>
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</div>I lost you: both types of what?  Both the i.MX6 and the A10/A20 SoCs?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You lost me twice. There Are two CuBox modules now:<br></div><div>1st CuBox/CuBox Pro. Which Has the Marvell Armada. <a href="http://www.solid-run.com/mw/index.php?title=CuBox_hardware_specification">http://www.solid-run.com/mw/index.php?title=CuBox_hardware_specification</a><br>
</div><div>2nd CuBox-I. Which comes in the four flavors of i-MX. <a href="http://imx.solid-run.com/wiki/index.php?title=CuBox-i_Hardware">http://imx.solid-run.com/wiki/index.php?title=CuBox-i_Hardware</a><br><br></div><div>
Unfortunately they don't have a Allwinner A10/A20 version. There HW design is quite good and sw hacker frendly. Eg. built-in USB->UART chip.<br></div><div>
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> Just read that the original CuBox does it better. The Marvell armada one.<br>
> That is.<br>
> It seems that the Inc doesn't support asynchronous transfer.<br>
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</div>Are you saying that the Armada chip only supports the "command based<br>
switching" (so only one drive can be active at a time), whereas the<br>
i.MX6 (used in CuBox) supports "FIS–based switching" (commands can be<br>
sent to drives regardless if other drives still haven't finished<br>
processing previous commands)?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Just the opposite:<br><div>1st: Marvell Armada -> FIS Based switching<br></div>2nd: i-MX -> Command based switching<br><a href="http://www.solid-run.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=8001&sid=c661b1aaed86bc1a51006d13312ea732#p8001">http://www.solid-run.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=8001&sid=c661b1aaed86bc1a51006d13312ea732#p8001</a><br>
</div><div>(posted by Rabeeh; The company's founder/CTO)<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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        Stefan<br>
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