Re: [PATCH 0/3] AHCI updates: Marvell AHCI PATA works; pata_marvell fate?

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

Alan Cox wrote:
>> Marvell PATA on 6121 and similar chips should also work, but that hasn't
>> yet been tested.  Here's the full list of what still needs testing:
>>
>> - master + slave devices
>> - ATAPI
>> - 6121 (6123? others?)
> 
> LBA48

And 80-pin cables...  I cannot find where it permits cable detection or 
where DMA/PIO mode in AHCI mode, complicating things :(


>> Also, there is the open question of how to deal with pata_marvell
>> co-existence
> 
> I think for the moment make PATA support by AHCI a config option and as
> soon as we trust it we can get rid of the option and of pata_marvell.

I'm not sure I see the worth of making PATA, solely, a config option?

Today, the choice is either pata_marvell (PATA) or ahci w/ module option 
(SATA).

My patches morph that choice into: pata_marvell (PATA) or mv-ahci (PATA 
+ SATA).

Thus, considering the hardware, if the user disables PATA support in 
mv-ahci, they still have the problem of two drivers competing for the 
same PCI IDs - no matter that the drivers would each probe different bus 
types (PATA, or SATA).

We could skip SATA_MV_AHCI if PATA_MARVELL is set in .config...  Now 
that mv-ahci solely contains Marvell PCI IDs, that would have the effect 
at compile-time that a module option would have at runtime.

	Jeff