Hello. I have an IPQ4019 custom board from AliExpress. It have 2 mini-PCIe ports. One is used by the modem, and I want to use the second onde with a mSATA SSD. I installed it, but it doesn't appears in /dev. Maybe I have to install some packages?
Is it msata or mpcie?
https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/memory/article/21800840/whats-the-difference-between-mpcie-and-msata
and more beyond that might be needed.
None of the already supported ipq40xx devices have SATA ports so far, so you may have to adapt the kernel configuration (and work on the DTS):
$ git grep -i sata target/linux/ipq40xx/
target/linux/ipq40xx/config-5.10:# CONFIG_PHY_QCOM_APQ8064_SATA is not set
target/linux/ipq40xx/config-5.10:# CONFIG_PHY_QCOM_IPQ806X_SATA is not set
target/linux/ipq40xx/config-5.15:# CONFIG_PHY_QCOM_APQ8064_SATA is not set
target/linux/ipq40xx/config-5.15:# CONFIG_PHY_QCOM_IPQ806X_SATA is not set
Well, if it's a mSATA card, in a mpcie slot...
Read the link provided.
So probably it's incompatible with the port
@frollic @slh Is there nothing that can be done? Only buy a box and use it via usb or buy a mPCIe SSD
I do not know if ipq40xx has SATA support (in terms of a physical SATA controller) at all (but I'm not very hopeful, not in the slightest).
There are mpcie sata port adapters, like https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00W8XWPIW
Then put the msata drive in a SATA enclosure.
Would still need to solve the power delivery for the drive though.
EDIT: I can see there's a GND, 12v and 5v pin next to the drive in the photo you posted.
Booooo
Not a happy ending....
Yeah, sad Mac...
This looks like a SATA port and also there is a missing chip. Does someone know what it could be? Maybe its a place for a SATA to USB converter or something?
Check if there's a model with a SATA connector on board...
Is the sata controller detected ?
does something show up under lspci?
Hello, sorry for the VERY late response. In makeconfig I added everything related to sata and it worked.