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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: Mark Nelson <mdnelson8@gmail.com>,
	linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@it.uu.se>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] ahci: Add support for Promise PDC42819
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 23:18:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080902231832.5cb41818@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48BD9282.702@garzik.org>

>> Situation before ahci mod:
> 
> 	Users with PATA may use pata_marvell.
> 	Users wanting SATA screwed.

WRONG as I've said repeatedly. pata_marvell handles the SATA ports too as
legacy

> Just switch the order of 'ahci' and 'pata_marvell' in 
> /etc/modprobe.conf, then use Fedora's tools regenerate the initrd.

> See?  It's not rocket science, and the current configuration can be 
> easily made to work for Fedora users.

Well they don't seem to be able to work it out, and your basic premise is
incorrect anyway. Both ports work with pata_marvell.

  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-02 22:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-02 11:03 [RFC][PATCH] ahci: Add support for Promise PDC42819 Mark Nelson
2008-09-02 11:19 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-09-02 11:53   ` Alan Cox
2008-09-02 12:01     ` Jeff Garzik
2008-09-02 13:57       ` Alan Cox
2008-09-02 19:22         ` Jeff Garzik
2008-09-02 22:18           ` Alan Cox [this message]
2008-09-02 22:30           ` Alan Cox
2008-09-02 11:55   ` Mark Nelson
2008-09-02 12:08     ` Mikael Pettersson
2008-09-02 12:21       ` Mark Nelson
2008-09-04 10:37         ` Jeff Garzik
2008-09-04 11:59           ` Mark Nelson
2008-09-04 13:43             ` Jeff Garzik
2008-09-04 14:27               ` Mikael Pettersson
2008-09-04 14:28               ` Alan Cox
2008-09-05  2:31                 ` Mark Nelson
2008-09-05  2:28               ` Mark Nelson
2008-10-16 11:18               ` Mark Nelson

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