On 12-06-18 03:52 AM, Christian Brandt wrote:

My company got hold of a Highpoint DC7280 for evaluation purposes. As we
weren't that much impressed - mostly due abysmal propetiary drivers and
support - I got it as a toy gift to play at home.

Abstract in novella form: it is a dirt cheap 32 Port SATA-Controller. It
features eight Marvell Chips each with a four port SATA Port Multiplier.

It would be very interesting and useful to see the markings
on the top of the chip that is buried under that heatsink.

Most Marvell SATA chips already work with Linux..