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DateWed, 17 Feb 2010 08:27:39 +0100 (CET)
FromMikael Abrahamsson <>
SubjectRe: sata_mv driver support for Marvell Hercules II controller in newer kernels
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> On 02/16/2010 10:44 PM, The Government wrote:
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> I'm using a Supermicro aoc-sat2-mv8, which is supposedly supported by the
>> Linux kernel by "sata_mv" driver. Unfortunately, I've been unable to
>> troubleshoot why newer distros (and thus kernels) are not detecting/using
>> sata_mv for this card. I tried an (older) Slackware 12.1 install disk, that
>> for some reason works by use of sata_mv (12.1 was released may 2008, when I
>> think sata_mv was still beta). Anyhow, I've tried many newest releases from
>> Slackware, Arch, etc - and it seems newer kernels do not properly recognize
>> this card. I'm not sure what to make of the newer kernels saying "adaptec
>> aacraid driver" is being used (an incorrectly detected driver?). Anyway, I
>> was told this chipset had great linux support - does it still? Thanks a
>> lot.
>>
>> (please CC me for replies, thanks a lot)
>
> (cc linux-ide added)
>
> We need a lot more hard detail, such as lspci and dmesg output.

Hi,

the aoc-sat2-mv8 is properly recognised and used (sata_mv) in Ubuntu 10.04
anyway (2.6.32) so it's not strictly a kernel issue.

--
Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se


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