From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: "Morrison, Tom" <tmorrison@empirix.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 26/30] Support for Marvell 7042 Chip
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:10:02 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45ED682A.9040408@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BD261180E6D35F4D9D32F3E44FD3D901053E84BD@EMPBEDEX.empirix.com>
Morrison, Tom wrote:
> I have tested with generic 2.6.20.2 on on x86 (XEON)
> platform and a similiar (but not exactly same) 2.6.20.x
> (git tree from Freescale) for my target CPU: MPC8548E
>
> Its exactly the same SATA chip - the only difference
> between 7042 & 6042 is the PCI bridge interface.
>
> In the case of 6042 - its a PCI to PCI Bridge
> In the case of 7042 - its a PCI to PCI Express Bridge
>
> I do not believe there is any other difference - except
> the physical bus interface.
>
> I should have 'said' this in the patch request...
Check the Marvell GPL driver and errata for the chip. Grep for 'isPEX'
to see all the PCI-Express-specific code and workarounds. sata_mv does
not have a lot of those, which was the reason why I only added the 6042
PCI ID to the driver.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-06 13:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-06 10:38 [patch 26/30] Support for Marvell 7042 Chip akpm
2007-03-06 12:01 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-03-06 12:42 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-03-06 13:10 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2007-10-31 15:41 ` Other Problems with Marvell Driver - 7042 (2.6.23) Morrison, Tom
2007-10-31 15:41 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-10-31 16:06 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-31 18:14 ` Update (Now a False Alarm) " Morrison, Tom
2007-10-31 18:14 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-14 17:49 ` 2.6.23.1 - sata_mv (7042) hang with large file operations Morrison, Tom
2007-11-14 17:49 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-14 17:56 ` Mark Lord
2007-11-14 18:09 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-14 18:09 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-14 18:30 ` Mark Lord
2007-11-14 20:12 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-14 20:12 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-14 18:37 ` Mark Lord
2007-11-14 18:56 ` Mark Lord
2007-11-14 21:12 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-14 21:12 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-14 22:29 ` Mark Lord
2007-11-14 22:31 ` Mark Lord
2007-11-15 15:43 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-15 15:43 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-15 16:26 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-15 16:26 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-15 16:39 ` Mark Lord
2007-11-15 21:46 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-15 21:46 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-15 22:14 ` Mark Lord
2007-11-16 0:07 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-16 0:07 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-16 13:00 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-16 13:00 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-16 17:07 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-11-16 17:07 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-12-06 13:57 ` Revisiting - 2.6.23.8 - Hang with sata_mv (7042) + Flat 4Gig (no holes) Memory Morrison, Tom
[not found] ` <475D6CC3.2080400@rtr.ca>
2007-12-10 16:46 ` Morrison, Tom
2007-12-11 17:28 ` Responding to 2 thread <2.6.23.8 - Hang with sata_mv (7042)...> AND <Bug: get EXT3-fs error Allocating block in system zone> Morrison, Tom
2007-12-11 17:42 ` Mark Lord
2007-12-11 17:53 ` Morrison, Tom
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