On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 14:12:43 -0800 David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote:
... > dock SATA chip -> drive. While the motherboard stuff can be FOSS based > upon manufacturer supplied reference source code (e.g. Intel), USB drive > docks are typically proprietary and closed-source. This makes USB docks > next to impossible to trouble-shoot or bug-fix for end-users or FOSS > distributors. I'm not sure I understood what you're saying here: do you mean that the drivers are closed source, or that the silicon design is closed source? I've used a number of USB-SATA adapters, in docks as well as cables, and they were all supported by standard in-kernel drivers (although some of the hardware may have been at least a bit flaky). Celejar
