Re: [PATCH] sata_nv: sgpio for nvidia mcp55 -v2

[Yan Seiner <yan@seiner.com>]

Yinghai Lu wrote:
> Yan Seiner wrote:
>   
>> To recap, I've applied the latest patch (-v3) that's supposed to make
>> the SGPIO work.  I am using a LIB-700 backplane from Norco:
>>
>> http://www.ipcdirect.net/servlet/Detail?no=75
>> http://www.norco.net.cn/UpLoadFile/Datasheet/DS-600S-EN.pdf
>>
>> The disk activity LEDs stay lit all the time.
>>
>> I am running a vanilla kernel, not a debian kernel,. although it was
>> built using debian's kbuild.
>>
>> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.28.1
>> root            (hd0,1)
>> kernel          /vmlinuz-2.6.28.1 root=/dev/md0 ro debug
>> initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.28.1
>>
>> log files are at
>>
>> http://seiner.com/sata_nv/syslog
>> http://seiner.com/sata_nv/dmesg.log
>>     
>
> [   19.306367] sata_nv 0000:00:05.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APSI] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
> [   19.306472] sata_nv 0000:00:05.0: Using SWNCQ mode
> [   19.306895] sata_nv 0000:00:05.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [   19.311020] scsi5 : sata_nv
>
>
> it seems that your system HW is not using SGPIO...
> my setup has more print out...
>   
selene:/home/www/seiner/html/sata_nv# modinfo sata_nv
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.28.1/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_nv.ko
version:        3.5
license:        GPL
description:    low-level driver for NVIDIA nForce SATA controller
author:         NVIDIA
srcversion:     4D85D19ABB1359D28F97C6E
alias:          pci:v000010DEd000003F7sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
...
depends:        libata
vermagic:       2.6.28.1 SMP mod_unload modversions
parm:           adma:Enable use of ADMA (Default: true) (bool)
parm:           swncq:Enable use of SWNCQ (Default: true) (bool)

Do I have the right version?  Should I be seeing a parameter for sgpio?

--Yan