From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: [PATCH/2.6.17-rc4 10/10] bugs fix for marvell SATA on powerp c pl atform Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 12:21:36 -0400 Message-ID: <44772B10.7040300@rtr.ca> 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> <20060526114245.GA32330@powerlinux.fr> <44770065.8070907@rtr.ca> <20060526141535.GA7084@powerlinux.fr> <447722FF.9020202@rtr.ca> <20060526160156.GA11778@powerlinux.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rtr.ca ([64.26.128.89]:29391 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751030AbWEZQVh (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 May 2006 12:21:37 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20060526160156.GA11778@powerlinux.fr> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Sven Luther Cc: 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 Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 11:47:11AM -0400, Mark Lord wrote: > >> Meanwhile, I just booted 2.6.17-rc5-git1 (latest kernel.org) on my Mac G3 >> box here, and sata_mv seems to be behaving for me (thus far). > > Mmm, this is a G3, while i have a G4. The G4 does some I/O reordering, which > we don't have with a G3, so this may be the cause. MMmm.. is your G4 using a 64-bit kernel, or a 32-bit kernel? The driver is a complete unknown (for me, at least) on 64-bit systems, as I don't have one (of any processor type) here yet. > Do you have a mac version of the board, with a forth/OF bios in it ? Or a > normal PC card, which is thus uninitialized ? The board claims to be "mac" compatible, so it probably has an OF bios on it, but I have not verified this yet. Cheers