From 5b66c829bf5c65663b2f68ee6b42f6e834cd39cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alan Cox Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 14:48:34 +0100 Subject: ahci, pata_marvell: play nicely together I've been chasing Jeff about this for months. Jeff added the Marvell device identifiers to the ahci driver without making the AHCI driver handle the PATA port. This means a lot of users can't use current kernels and in most distro cases can't even install. This has been going on since March 2008 for the 6121 Marvell, and late 2007 for the 6145!!! This was all pointed out at the time and repeatedly ignored. Bugs assigned to Jeff about this are ignored also. To quote Jeff in email > "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." (Which isn't trivial, isn't end user, shouldn't be needed, and as it usually breaks at install time is in fact impossible) To quote Jeff in August 2007 > " mv-ahci-pata > Marvell 6121/6141 PATA support. Needs fixing in the 'PATA controller > command' area before it is usable, and can go upstream." Only he add the ids anyway later and caused regressions, adding a further id in March causing more regresions. The actual fix for the moment is very simple. If the user has included the pata_marvell driver let it drive the ports. If they've only selected for SATA support give them the AHCI driver which will run the port a fraction faster. Allow the user to control this decision via ahci.marvell_enable as a module parameter so that distributions can ship 'it works' defaults and smarter users (or config tools) can then flip it over it desired. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik --- drivers/ata/Kconfig | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/ata/Kconfig') diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig index ae8494944c4..11c8c19f0fb 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig @@ -448,8 +448,10 @@ config PATA_MARVELL tristate "Marvell PATA support via legacy mode" depends on PCI help - This option enables limited support for the Marvell 88SE6145 ATA - controller. + This option enables limited support for the Marvell 88SE61xx ATA + controllers. If you wish to use only the SATA ports then select + the AHCI driver alone. If you wish to the use the PATA port or + both SATA and PATA include this driver. If unsure, say N. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2