From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: marvell sata status? Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:07:11 -0500 Message-ID: <495CCE0F.7010002@rtr.ca> References: <20090101051038.GD3386@pimb.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rtr.ca ([76.10.145.34]:50429 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751830AbZAAOFm (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:05:42 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Justin Piszcz Cc: Jody Belka , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik Justin Piszcz wrote: > On Thu, 1 Jan 2009, Jody Belka wrote: > .. One of the cards I've spotted is an Adaptec >> that apparently has a Marvell chipset on it (88SX7042), so I was >> wondering >> what the current state of sata_mv is. Is it stable enough for everyday >> use, or should I look for something using a different chipset? .. > I cannot comment on that Adaptec card but other cards (without fake-raid > controllers built on-top of them) with that chipset work great: .. The Marvell 7042 (PCIe) and 6042 (PCI) chips are very stable and full-featured with the current sata_mv driver in Linux. The older 6081 and 6041 chips still have issues with Linux, something I'm working on fixing early in 2009. Cheers