Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 00:18:37 +0100
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@physics.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc: hancockr@shaw.ca (Robert Hancock),
       jwoithe@physics.adelaide.edu.au (Jonathan Woithe),
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IDE/ATA: Intel i865-based mainboard, CDROM not detected
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This would be your PATA port - pata_marvell.

> 02:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 6101 (rev b1) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
> 	Subsystem: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 6101

> Does this apply to *all* SATA controllers or just these ICHx ones from
> Intel?  In other words, should all optimally configured SATA controllers
> be in AHCI mode?

If they have an AHCI mode then currently yes. AHCI is a well designed
interface with nice functionality. None of the devices which support
multiple modes of operation have any custom mode that is nicer .. so far
anyway.

Alan
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