Re: Intel X58 eSATA port ?

From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf_at_Alameda.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:09:46 -0700
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 07:51:43PM +0200, Alexander Motin wrote:
> Mike Tancsa wrote:
> >        I turned it on, but still no luck. Attached is the verbose 
> >dmesg.boot.  I wonder if the extra controller is being mis-identified as 
> >being PATA ? As far as I can tell, there are no legacy PATA connectors 
> >on the board
> >
> >Yet
> >atapci0: <Marvell 88SX6121 UDMA133 controller> port 
> >0x2018-0x201f,0x2024-0x2027,0x2010-0x2017,0x2020-0x2023,0x2000-0x200f 
> >mem 0xe1100000-0xe11003ff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci6
> >
> >implies its a PATA device ?
> 
> It is or PATA controller, or SATA in legacy emulation mode. As I can see 
> on web, there are also AHCI capable SATA channels present on this chip:
> http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/server-devel/2007-July/000070.html
> How it is reported in pciconf? May be there is some way to make AHCI 
> attach it? Isn't there any options about it's operation in BIOS?
> 
> Don't you have any datasheet for this device?
> 
> Also a bit strange for me this messages:
> ata0 at port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 irq 14 on isa0
> ata0: reset tp1 mask=00 ostat0=ff ostat1=ff
> ata0: [MPSAFE]
> ata0: [ITHREAD]
> ata1 at port 0x170-0x177,0x376 irq 15 on isa0
> ata1: reset tp1 mask=00 ostat0=ff ostat1=ff
> ata1: [MPSAFE]
> ata1: [ITHREAD]
> channels 0 and 1 are legacy ATA channels. A bit strange to see them when 
> AFAIK there is no PATA support on ICH10. If it is not a parts of 
> Marvell, then I have no idea what is this.

Many boards which have an ICH10 use the Marvell (or similar chips) to provide
1 PATA board for like CD-Rom drives. The DFI board I have does the same.

-- 
Regards, Ulf.

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