From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brad Campbell Subject: Re: Marvell 6141 on an ASUS M2N32-WS Motherboard Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:11:23 +0400 Message-ID: <4853EDAB.4060603@wasp.net.au> References: <484A372D.5080307@wasp.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from wasp.net.au ([203.190.192.17]:40517 "EHLO wasp.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754380AbYFNQL1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:11:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: <484A372D.5080307@wasp.net.au> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" Brad Campbell wrote: > G'day all, > > The archives tell of many tales of woe regarding this chip (which > matches my experience). > > I've added the PCI ID for it into the ahci driver, and provided I only > use one of the ports it works (tho it's kinda slow). As per everyone > elses experience, if I try and read from more than one port at one time > the whole shooting match dies thusly.. > > Begin with modprobe ahci as it does not seem to support hotplug, so > rmmod/plug drives/modprobe > > [ 798.035338] ahci 0000:08:00.0: version 3.0 Is there anyone interested in looking at this? I can leave the board on my bench for as long as it may be of use to someone for testing. If it's a lack of documentation or other issue that means there is no likelihood of a fix I'll go and install it. Brad -- "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams