Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750713AbWIUJhw (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:37:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751085AbWIUJhw (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:37:52 -0400 Received: from gateway.argo.co.il ([194.90.79.130]:48906 "EHLO argo2k.argo.co.il") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750713AbWIUJhw (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:37:52 -0400 Message-ID: <45125D6D.9080704@argo.co.il> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:37:49 +0300 From: Avi Kivity User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060913) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: Ben Duncan , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Request kernel 2.6.18 .. References: <1158831256.11109.98.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1158831256.11109.98.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Sep 2006 09:37:50.0512 (UTC) FILETIME=[9AC9CB00:01C6DD61] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1293 Lines: 33 Alan Cox wrote: > > Ar Mer, 2006-09-20 am 19:31 -0500, ysgrifennodd Ben Duncan: > > Report: 2.6.18 has solved a lot of issues with > > my 965 chipset Duo Core intel MB and has been > > extremely stable ... > > > > Now, any idea on a timeline for driver for the Marvell IDE > > controller ? > > Possibly never. Marvell don't currently seem to want to play. Now that > might be for several reasons, one of which is that its someone elses > chip rebadged. In that case someone has a chance of working out what it > copies (eg which bits change when you boot with or without a master or > slave on each channel is a good clue) > > The current prognosis however is that you and/or other marvell users are > going to have to reverse-engineer the thing or just avoid boards using > that chip. > I have such a board, and all-generic-ide appears to work (at least enough to load the installer from CD, all the rest is SATA). Perhaps it can be quirked so the parameter won't be necessary? -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/