I just uploaded my updated libata patchset to support attaching SATA devices to SAS HBAs. It's only lightly tested at this point. I still need to give it another review myself and make sure I'm happy with all the error cases, but the base function is working for me, so I figured I'd post the link. I'll hopefully submit the code to the list soon. http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/iprdd/ipr-sata.tgz?download -- Brian King eServer Storage I/O IBM Linux Technology Center - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html