Re: Should sata_mv work with Highpoint RocketRAID 2300?

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

Karim 'Kasi Mir' Senoucci wrote:
> Alan Cox schrieb:
>>> in the sata_mv source. Should I add something like:
>>>
>>>         { PCI_VDEVICE(TTI, 0x2300), chip_604x },
>>>
>>> Yes
>>>     
> Just to not leave this thread hanging in the mail archives: this didn't 
> work for me. With the above patch, the controller is detected, but the 
> system hangs upon inclusion of the sata_mv driver. dmess shows:
> 
> [   32.240000] sata_mv 0000:06:00.0: version 0.81
> [   32.272000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:00.0[A] -> Done.Link [APC6] 
> ->GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
> [   32.336000] sata_mv 0000:06:00.0: Applying B2 workarounds to unknown rev
> [   32.388000] sata_mv 0000:06:00.0: 32 slots 4 ports SCSI mode IRQ via 
> INTx
> [   32.432000] sata_mv: PCI ERROR; PCI IRQ cause=0x00000000
> [   32.464000] sata_mv: PCI ERROR; PCI IRQ cause=0x00000000
> [   32.496000] sata_mv: PCI ERROR; PCI IRQ cause=0x00000000
> [   32.528000] sata_mv: PCI ERROR; PCI IRQ cause=0x00000000
> [   32.560000] sata_mv: PCI ERROR; PCI IRQ cause=0x00000000
> [   32.592000] sata_mv: PCI ERROR; PCI IRQ cause=0x00000000
> 
> and many many more PCI ERRORS until I reboot the system. So, I guess 
> that particular Highpoint controller does not work yet with sata_mv.
> 
> Thanks very much for your efforts, anyway.

You need to use the sata_mv from kernel 2.6.23-rcX.

Patching into older drivers isn't guaranteed to work.

	Jeff