Ubuntu kernels are unusable with the Marvell 6081 SATA chipset
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: linux-image-
The available Ubuntu kernels are unusable on servers containing the Marvell 6081 SATA chipset (e.g. Sun x4500's.)
A fix was merged in stable branch 2.6.28.4:
commit fc304eb4ccc0227
Author: Mark Lord <email address hidden>
Date: Mon Jan 19 18:04:37 2009 -0500
sata_mv: fix 8-port timeouts on 508x/6081 chips
commit b0bccb18bc523d1
Fix a longstanding bug for the 8-port Marvell Sata controllers (508x/6081),
where accesses to the upper 4 ports would cause lost-interrupts / timeouts
for the lower 4-ports. With this patch, the 6081 boards should finally be
reliable enough for mainstream use with Linux.
Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <email address hidden>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <email address hidden>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <email address hidden>
Here's the original bug report that resulted in the fix:
https:/
Can this patch be backported?:
Is there anything I can do to get this going? I'd be happy to assist in any way or do any work needed to get this patch merged.