From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sven Luther Subject: Re: [PATCH/2.6.17-rc4 10/10] bugs fix for marvell SATA on powerp c pl atform Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 13:42:45 +0200 Message-ID: <20060526114245.GA32330@powerlinux.fr> References: <9FCDBA58F226D911B202000BDBAD46730626DE6E@zch01exm40.ap.freescale.net> <1147935734.17679.93.camel@localhost.localdomain> <446C9219.4080300@pobox.com> <446CDE26.8090504@rtr.ca> <20060526083931.GA23938@powerlinux.fr> <4476E964.90509@rtr.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from smtp6.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.22.25]:21370 "EHLO smtp6.wanadoo.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932336AbWEZLr5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 May 2006 07:47:57 -0400 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf0604.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 208121C001ED for ; Fri, 26 May 2006 13:47:56 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4476E964.90509@rtr.ca> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Lord Cc: Sven Luther , Jeff Garzik , Alexandre.Bounine@tundra.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev list , Paul Mackerras , Yang Xin-Xin-r48390 On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 07:41:24AM -0400, Mark Lord wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > >I'm trying to use a Marvell 88SX5081 based card here in my pegasos machine, > >and i never got it working with the libata driver, even with the patches > >Zang > >provided (and 2.6.16 though, maybe i should update to a newer version). The > >marvell provided driver worked though at some time. > > > >Would it be possible to have access to your work, in order to not duplicate > >effort or something ? > > All of the relevant bits of "my work" are now in Jeff's upstream libata > tree, > from the recently posted sata_mv patches. Ok. can i use this tree with a 2.6.16 base ? > After struggling with bad SDRAM earlier this week, I now have Ubuntu > installed > and running reliably on my G3 box here. Next step is to upgrade the kernel > to something modern, and add in the latest sata_mv. Ok. > After that, I'll try my own 6081 Marvell card in it, and hopefully see the > same failures as you.. hopefully! I tried getting a 6081 based low profile card, but they don't seem to sell in europe. Friendly, Sven Luther