- up to 16 devices on the other side. If a SATA port out of the IDE controller \r
- is connected to a port multiplier, MaxDevices will be set to the number of SATA \r
- devices that the port multiplier supports. Because today's port multipliers \r
- support up to fifteen SATA devices, this number can be as large as fifteen. The IDE \r
- bus driver is required to scan for the presence of port multipliers behind an SATA \r
- controller and enumerate up to MaxDevices number of devices behind the port \r
- multiplier. \r
- \r
- In this context, the devices behind a port multiplier constitute a channel. \r
- \r
+ up to 16 devices on the other side. If a SATA port out of the IDE controller\r
+ is connected to a port multiplier, MaxDevices will be set to the number of SATA\r
+ devices that the port multiplier supports. Because today's port multipliers\r
+ support up to fifteen SATA devices, this number can be as large as fifteen. The IDE\r
+ bus driver is required to scan for the presence of port multipliers behind an SATA\r
+ controller and enumerate up to MaxDevices number of devices behind the port\r
+ multiplier.\r
+\r
+ In this context, the devices behind a port multiplier constitute a channel.\r
+\r