Re: [PATCH/2.6.17-rc4 10/10] bugs fix for marvell SATA on powerp c pl atform

[Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>]

Sven Luther wrote:
> On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 11:47:11AM -0400, Mark Lord wrote:
>
> > Meanwhile, I just booted 2.6.17-rc5-git1 (latest kernel.org) on my Mac G3
> > box here, and sata_mv seems to be behaving for me (thus far).
>
> Mmm, this is a G3, while i have a G4. The G4 does some I/O reordering, which
> we don't have with a G3, so this may be the cause. 

MMmm.. is your G4 using a 64-bit kernel, or a 32-bit kernel?
The driver is a complete unknown (for me, at least) on 64-bit systems,
as I don't have one (of any processor type) here yet.

> Do you have a mac version of the board, with a forth/OF bios in it ? Or a
> normal PC card, which is thus uninitialized ? 

The board claims to be "mac" compatible, so it probably has an OF bios on it,
but I have not verified this yet.

Cheers
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