I am running a relatively recent 2.6.20 Linux kernels running on both an Intel x86 (XEON) as well as one a embedded powerPC target (MPC8548E).
I believe my PCI Express interface is working correctly on both the embedded target as well as - of course - on the XEON platform (I have other cards that I have working correctly). The problem is that this Marvell PCI Express SATA Card is NOT being probed and thus, the SATA/ATA host interface is NOT being initialized, and thus the drive is NOT being detected/added able to be mounted... I have more (in)sight into the embedded platform, and the SATA module is being built into /loaded by the kernel (it does a pci_device_register()), but nothing happens after that - I see before that the card IS being seen on the BUS - I can do a "lspci" after that - and the device is on the PCI bus... I should also add that I have the identical card on the PCI bus (6042 chip) and the driver works flawlessly... What am I doing wrong? Do I need to have the PCI ids in the kernel match identically what is on pci express sata card device? Heck, if there is a PCI device register - why isn't there an associated probe - no matter what? I apologze if my question is a little naive, I am not a PCI expert - I was hoping that this would go smoothly enough that I wouldn't need to become one! thanks in advance for all your wisdom! Sincerely, Tom Morrison Principal Software Engineer EMPIRIX 20 Crosby Drive - Bedford, MA 01730 p: 781.266.3567 f: 781.266.3670 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.empirix.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
