From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] AHCI updates: Marvell AHCI PATA works; pata_marvell fate? Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:14:37 -0400 Message-ID: <49E8D51D.70400@garzik.org> References: <20090417023949.GA14469@havoc.gtf.org> <20090417105031.607a771e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20090417180316.GA7134@sci.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:40392 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751445AbZDQTOl (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:14:41 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090417180316.GA7134@sci.fi> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Cox , Jeff Garzik , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, LKML Ville Syrj=E4l=E4 wrote: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:50:31AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: >>> Marvell PATA on 6121 and similar chips should also work, but that h= asn't >>> yet been tested. Here's the full list of what still needs testing: >>> >>> - master + slave devices >>> - ATAPI >>> - 6121 (6123? others?) >> LBA48 >> >> >>> 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= =2E >=20 > How does this relate to 6101 which is a PATA only controller? Would t= hat > continue to use pata_marvell or does this new stuff support such thin= gs > too? I'm pretty sure 6101 will behave similarly to 6121, but have not verifi= ed. Jeff