unsupported NVIDIA SATA controller

[Joseph Olatt]

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 09:11:57AM +0400, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote:
> Joseph Olatt wrote:
> >>> none13 at pci0:0:14:0:     class=0x010485 card=0x01371025 chip=0x07f810de rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00
> >>>     vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
> >>>     class      = mass storage
> >>>     subclass   = RAID
> >> Do you still have this problem?
> >> It seems that your controller is AHCI-capable.
> >> I can make a patch if is it needed.
> > 
> > Yes, I'm still have the above problem. And, yes, the controller appears
> > to be ACHI-capable (at least according to Ubuntu. see [1])
> > 
> > I would greatly appreciate a patch if you can provide one.
> > 
> > regards,
> > joseph
> > 
> > 
> > [1]: http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/nvidia_sata/
> 
> Hi, Joseph.
> 
> Try attached patch.


Hello Audrey,

Sorry I did not get a chance to try your patch earlier. Had to take of
the job that feeds the kids... priorities... ;-)

I just tried the patch and seems like it works wonderfully. 


/*** Begin "pciconf -lv" output ***/

atapci1 at pci0:0:14:0:	class=0x010485 card=0x01371025 chip=0x07f810de rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = mass storage
    subclass   = RAID

/*** End "pciconf -lv" output ***/


/*** Begin "dmesg" relevant portions ***/

atapci1: <nVidia nForce MCP73 SATA300 controller> port 0xd480-0xd487,0xd400-0xd403,0xd080-0xd087,0xd000-0xd003,0xcc00-0xcc0f mem 0xfea7c000-0xfea7dfff irq 21 at device 14.0 on pci0
atapci1: [ITHREAD]
atapci1: AHCI Version 01.10 controller with 4 ports detected
ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1
ata2: [ITHREAD]
ata3: <ATA channel 1> on atapci1
ata3: [ITHREAD]
ata4: <ATA channel 2> on atapci1
ata4: [ITHREAD]
ata5: <ATA channel 3> on atapci1
ata5: [ITHREAD]
ad4: 238475MB <Seagate ST3250410AS 3.AAF> at ata2-master SATA300
acd0: DVDR <ATAPI DVD A DH16A3S/3A12> at ata4-master SATA150

/*** End "dmesg" relevant portions ***/


I hope your will be included into the STABLE code soon.

Thank you very much for the patch. 

regards,
joseph


P.S. This controller is on an NVIDIA MCP73 motherboard. See
     http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/nvidia_sata/dmidecode.log