Re: linux-image-3.11-2-armmp_3.11.8-1_armhf not include AHCI_IMX

[Eric Nelson <eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com>]

On 12/03/2013 08:15 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-12-03 at 08:44 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Tue, 2013-12-03 at 09:19 +0800, Niew, Sh. wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm install linux-image-3.11-2-armmp in my Boundary Devices SABRELite board,
> > > but linux can't mount the SATA drive and there is no AHCI_IMX is not
> > > set in config.
> >
> > It looks like the old imx flavour only had CONFIG_PATA_IMX=m and this
> > was carried over to the armmp flavour. It looks like AHCI_IMX was never
> > enabled.
> >
> > I suppose the pata driver isn't working for you? Did you ever try the
> > old imx flavour and did it work?
> >
> > Are there two disk controllers on this platform or do these represent
> > two faces of the same hardware port?
> >
> > In general the move has been from PATA to AHCI, I suppose we ought to
> > transition here too? Does AHCI_IMX actually work if enabled?
>
> AHCI is SATA-only, no?  We still need separate drivers for any PATA
> interfaces.  Anyway, please make the necessary config changes to the
> armmp flavour (and armmp-lpae if any i.MX chips support LPAE).
>
> Ben.

There's a recent patch that's needed on some boards:
	http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2013-November/213276.html

It has been applied for 3.13
	http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2013-December/215801.html