Re: [PATCH 2.6.14-rc2] libata: Marvell SATA support (DMA mode) (resend: v0.22)

[Brett Russ <russb@emc.com>]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Evgeny Rodichev wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>>
>>> applied
>>>
>>
>> This patch leads to freeze with Marvell MV88SX6041 4-port SATA II 
>> PCI-X Controller (rev 03), as I wrote already
>> (http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0510.0/0203.html)
>>
>> It is impossible to reboot the system without  harware reset (after 
>> modprobe).
> 
> 
> I'm betting a temporary workaround should be to disable CONFIG_SMP.
> 
> The first attached patch (patch.1) fixes one of the lockups.  The second 
> attached patch (patch.2) should fix all the lockups, but that's just a 
> guess, and it's a very ugly patch.
> 
> Note that patch.2 depends on patch.1.


I'm testing a more extensive patch that should address these issues.  I 
had sent something similar to the patches above to several users and it 
fixed the lockup and brought 60xx to a working condition.

BR

PS...please CC the linux-ide mailing list in the future with these 
problem reports, I am not subscribed to lkml.