[U-Boot] Silicon Image SATA support

[U-Boot] Silicon Image SATA support

[Aaron Williams]

Hi all,

I'm working with a Silicon Image U-Boot driver that supports the SIL3124, 3132 
and related PCI/PCIe controllers.

So far I have it working with the 3132 except when I try and make use of LBA48 
features. I'm not sure what is going on there and was wondering if anyone else 
is interested in this driver?

I also for some reason am not able to get it to work on the 3124 PCI-X. I 
can't debug the PCI problem for a couple of weeks until after we move into a 
new building though. It may be some interaction with our setup.

For the LBA48 support for some reason it is not working when I try and use a 
sector count greater than 255. I also have not tested with a hard drive that 
exceeds the 137GB barrier yet to see if that is also broken.  Hopefully I'll 
get a hold of a larger hard drive around here soon.

-Aaron

[U-Boot] Silicon Image SATA support

[Kumar Gala]

On Aug 4, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Aaron Williams wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm working with a Silicon Image U-Boot driver that supports the SIL3124, 3132 
> and related PCI/PCIe controllers.
> 
> So far I have it working with the 3132 except when I try and make use of LBA48 
> features. I'm not sure what is going on there and was wondering if anyone else 
> is interested in this driver?
> 
> I also for some reason am not able to get it to work on the 3124 PCI-X. I 
> can't debug the PCI problem for a couple of weeks until after we move into a 
> new building though. It may be some interaction with our setup.
> 
> For the LBA48 support for some reason it is not working when I try and use a 
> sector count greater than 255. I also have not tested with a hard drive that 
> exceeds the 137GB barrier yet to see if that is also broken.  Hopefully I'll 
> get a hold of a larger hard drive around here soon.
> 
> -Aaron

Aaron,

Take a look at what was posted by Tang just recently.  Would be good to review on this patch:

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/108636/

Also, than adding to it support for the other devices you mentioned.

- k