linux-kernel - Re: Marvell 6145 PATA controller

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Date:	Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:36:08 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Peter Ambroz <comp@....sk>
Cc:	linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Marvell 6145 PATA controller

> The second solution is to remove few lines from ahci.c which lists the 
> marvell 6145 device (and probably also marvell 6121).
> Short patch included below.

Yes. I know or to teach the AHCI driver how to drive the PATA part of the
device. Unfortunately I've been trying - privately and now publically to
get Jeff Garzik to fix that one for *months*.

I also don't have the docs for it and requests to Jeff for the relevant
documentation have never received replies even to confirm if he has it

> ----------CUT-----------
> --- drivers/ata/ahci.c	2008-08-28 23:11:37.000000000 +0200
> +++ drivers/ata/ahci.c	2008-08-30 20:08:59.000000000 +0200
> @@ -590,10 +590,6 @@
>   	{ PCI_VDEVICE(SI, 0x1185), board_ahci }, /* SiS 966 */
>   	{ PCI_VDEVICE(SI, 0x0186), board_ahci }, /* SiS 968 */
> 
> -	/* Marvell */
> -	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MARVELL, 0x6145), board_ahci_mv },	/* 6145 */
> -	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MARVELL, 0x6121), board_ahci_mv },	/* 6121 */
> -
>   	/* Generic, PCI class code for AHCI */
>   	{ PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID,
>   	  PCI_CLASS_STORAGE_SATA_AHCI, 0xffffff, board_ahci },
> ----------CUT-----------

And you can have my ack for it, but don't expect anything to happen

(and yes I *am* cross about this)

Alan
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