From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754056AbZDQTPw (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:15:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751666AbZDQTPY (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:15:24 -0400 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 Message-ID: <49E8D51D.70400@garzik.org> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:14:37 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090320) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox , Jeff Garzik , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] AHCI updates: Marvell AHCI PATA works; pata_marvell fate? References: <20090417023949.GA14469@havoc.gtf.org> <20090417105031.607a771e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20090417180316.GA7134@sci.fi> In-Reply-To: <20090417180316.GA7134@sci.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.2.5 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ville Syrjälä 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 hasn'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. > > How does this relate to 6101 which is a PATA only controller? Would that > continue to use pata_marvell or does this new stuff support such things > too? I'm pretty sure 6101 will behave similarly to 6121, but have not verified. Jeff