2015-09-17 14:33 GMT+02:00 Robert Moskowitz <[email protected]>:

>
>
> On 09/17/2015 06:53 AM, Peter Robinson wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Robert Moskowitz <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I went searching for information on sata port multiplier and found:
>>>
>>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg377619.html
>>>
>>> Is this still the status of this and if so how do I set
>>> AHCI_HFLAG_NO_PMP to
>>> true?
>>>
>> Well if you read the message you reference it states:
>>
>> "So add a module parameter to enable pmp usage, and default this to off,
>> so
>> that directly attached disks keep working normally."
>>
>> So it seems if you use a multiple you need to do a different option
>> than without so it indicates it would need it. If you do "modinfo
>> ahci_sunxi" you'll see that actually the patch has landed and there is
>> a enable_pmp parameter. So you'll need to create something like
>> /etc/modprobe.d/sunxi.conf and add a line "options ahci_sunxi
>> enable_pmp=1" line (no I've not verified that is correct so you'll
>> need to check it) and reboot.
>>
>
> Ah, thanks!  I will try that.  I was looking at:
> /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf and adding to the append line something like:
>
> AHCI_HFLAG_NO_PMP=0
>
>
> So I would have been heading in the wrong direction...
>
> Not entirely, it should also work having ahci_sunxi.enable_pmp=1 on kernel
cmdline.
Also, you may need to rebuild initramfs by running dracut -f after
modifying modprobe.d files.

>
>
>> Peter
>>
>> But it seems there were more messages about this...
>>>
>>>
>>> On 09/16/2015 03:34 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> I figured out the various ports on the muitiport card and have 2 sata
>>>> drives I am testing with.
>>>>
>>>> One drive works fine.  But two drives it is a bit of a guess which one
>>>> will come in as /dev/sda (the mSD card is /dev/mmcblk0).  And only one
>>>> drive
>>>> is visible.  Or at least gparted is only seeing one.
>>>>
>>>>  From messages back last fall? I had that this board would let me use
>>>> multiple sata drives, so there seems to be something I am missing.
>>>>
>>>> Right now each item has its own power supply:  Cubietruck, Multiport
>>>> card,
>>>> Drive1, and Drive2.  So it is not a power issue (or shouldn't be).
>>>>
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