linux-kernel - Re: Other Problems with Marvell Driver

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Date:	Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:06:46 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	"Morrison, Tom" <tmorrison@...irix.com>
CC:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: Other Problems with Marvell Driver - 7042 (2.6.23)...

Morrison, Tom wrote:
> I am running the 'latest' kernel retrieved from Kumar Gala's
> Powerpc git tree (mainly because I am running on a MPC8548 board) 
> and it appears to be in the full 2.6.23 version while the sata_mv 
> driver version seems to be 1.01. 
> 
> I have searched the archives, and there has been some discussion
> of a regression in the Marvell driver, but I seem to have a 
> different symptom from Olaf's (I am not running a 64bit kernel - 
> and I am *not* running with large (36bit) physical and resources - 
> so I wouldn't have the same type of IOMMU issues)
> 
> Below in the error output (using ATA_DEBUG) the driver sees the 
> two drives (3 partitions on /dev/sda & 2 partitions on /dev/sdb)
> and apparently sets up everything correctly for standard access...
> 
> But, when I try to mount a partition - it freezes up and gets I/O
> errors?
> Can someone give me any hints of things to try?

First you need to try 2.6.23.1 rather than 2.6.23, because it contains a 
critical sata_mv fix.

	Jeff



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