Alan Cox wrote:
Refresh my memory... what is the problem with loading pata_marvell first?
The fact its almost impossible to do with a distribution kernel. eg
you can't make it work with Fedora (see the Fedora bugs assigned to
you)
Hogwash -- just load one driver before the other.
If pata_marvell should be driving these chips please remove the entries
from the ahci.c driver as I asked before.
If ahci.c should be driving them then we need the documentation for
whatever extension they use driving the ports via AHCI. Clearly there is
one as its possible under Windows.
Situation before ahci mod:
Users with PATA may use pata_marvell.
Users wanting SATA screwed.
Users wanting PATA+SATA screwed.
Situation after ahci mod:
Users with PATA may use pata_marvell
Users with SATA may use ahci
Users wanting PATA+SATA screwed
AFAICS, if you load pata_marvell before ahci, it will grab the PATA
disks and the PCI device itself.
If you have a degree in initrd-foo
Just switch the order of 'ahci' and 'pata_marvell' in
/etc/modprobe.conf, then use Fedora's tools regenerate the initrd.
See? It's not rocket science, and the current configuration can be
easily made to work for Fedora users.
Jeff
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