Re: [PATCH 2.6.14-rc2] libata: Marvell SATA support (DMA mode) (resend:v0.22)

[Brett Russ]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Evgeny Rodichev wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >
> > > applied
> >
> > This patch leads to freeze with Marvell MV88SX6041 4-port SATA II 
> > PCI-X Controller (rev 03), as I wrote already
> > (http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0510.0/0203.html)
> >
> > It is impossible to reboot the system without  harware reset (after 
> > modprobe).
>
>
> I'm betting a temporary workaround should be to disable CONFIG_SMP.
>
> The first attached patch (patch.1) fixes one of the lockups.  The second 
> attached patch (patch.2) should fix all the lockups, but that's just a 
> guess, and it's a very ugly patch.
>
> Note that patch.2 depends on patch.1.


I'm testing a more extensive patch that should address these issues.  I 
had sent something similar to the patches above to several users and it 
fixed the lockup and brought 60xx to a working condition.

BR

PS...please CC the linux-ide mailing list in the future with these 
problem reports, I am not subscribed to lkml.
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