Re: sata_mv (NOT!)

[Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>]

Steven Gill wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> I am having some issues getting my Marvell 6145 working on my Asus P5E 
> ws pro motherboard working.  I am using a 3rd party patch to get the 
> pata port working, but have not had success with my e-sata ports (on the 
> board the 6145 drives 2 sata and 2 e-sata ports.  There are another 6 
> sata ports driven by the onboard intel ich9).  When checking dmesg 
> output, I see this:
> 
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
> PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
> Marvell (S)ATA Controller is found, using IRQ 16.
> Interrupt Error: 0x40000000 orgIntStatus: 0x40000001 completeSlot=0x1.
> 
> I am willing to help debug any issues, test patches, etc, but most 
> importantly wanted to report the issue.  I know this is labelled as 
> "highly experimental", but again, wanted to offer assistance in testing.
..

Wrong driver.  sata_mv does *NOT* drive the 6145 chip.
Rather, that particular chip emulates AHCI, and uses the ahci driver.

-ml