From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: Marvell SATA for libata? Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 22:51:46 -0400 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <409EEE42.6070201@pobox.com> References: <409D84A9.1090107@mailcan.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:63415 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264477AbUEJCwF (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 May 2004 22:52:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: <409D84A9.1090107@mailcan.com> List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Leon Woestenberg Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Leon Woestenberg wrote: > Hello all, Jeff Garzik in particular, > > we have interest in having the Marvell 88sx5040 SATA controller work > under libata. > > Did you happen to start development for this controller, as your > latest libata status report seems to tell so? > > We have the Marvell datasheet available (but under NDA) as well as > the source code from SuperMicro and we would like to convert it to > the libata framework. In fact, I am working on it right now. I also have the docs and the driver (albeit officially :)). A non-queueing driver for Marvell will be fairly straightforward. Adding queueing will be much more of a chore, though. Jeff