From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750701AbWIAXlc (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Sep 2006 19:41:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750703AbWIAXlc (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Sep 2006 19:41:32 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:28070 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750701AbWIAXlb (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Sep 2006 19:41:31 -0400 Message-ID: <44F8C528.6020501@garzik.org> Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 19:41:28 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060808) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Barr CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Marvell PATA Controller References: <1157147438.21291.14.camel@r51.oakcourt.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <1157147438.21291.14.camel@r51.oakcourt.dyndns.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.3 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andrew Barr wrote: > I have one of these too, which are unsupported so far: > > http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0608.1/0693.html > > The PCI IDs on my Intel DG965RY desktop board are exactly the > same--11ab:6101. Is there anything anyone can do to help get the docs to > the right people? Has anyone asked Marvell about Linux support for this > hardware? I was bummed to find that Linux doesn't currently support this > rather pedestrian piece of hardware. > > I really don't want to buy SATA optical drives as the two PATA drives I > have now are perfectly good and I've already spent a lot on upgrading my > box. I've asked my Marvell contacts for hardware documentation, and perhaps a sample board, but have only received a "hello" reply back so far. We'll see... Jeff -- VGER BF report: H 5.92856e-05