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SubjectRe: [PATCH, RFT, v2] sata_mv: convert to new EH
Andre Tomt wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> Just got sata_mv working under the new EH, on my 6041.
>>
>> It probes and talks to disks just fine (chip doesn't support ATAPI),
>> and hotplug actually has a chance of working.
>>
>> The 'mv-eh' branch of
>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev.git
>> mv-eh
>>
>
> It's great to see this driver getting some more love. On a 6041 I'm
> seeing very bad behaviour when encountering errors using the 2.6.19
> driver. If a disk gets the fits, the port dies and 500000 interrupts/s
> gets fired until the server gets rebooted. Good thing it only pegs one
> of four available cpu cores.. I hope the new EH is more robust in this
> regard ;-)

So, does this patch work for you? :) It's against 2.6.21-rc1 IIRC.


> Ramblings aside; I see there is a mv-ncq head in libata-dev.git, do you
> have it working? Is there a timeframe for NCQ support?

No and no. All this Marvell work is spare-time work for me, nobody's
paying for it, so who knows. I'll have it working eventually, if
someone else doesn't beat me to it.

Jeff



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