Bug#515201: linux-image: sata drive connected via marvell controller crashes

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

found 515201 linux-2.6/2.6.30-8~bpo50+1
found 515201 linux-2.6/2.6.32-34squeeze1
quit

Hi Eduardo,

egross@bol.com.br wrote:

> The following link (http://wiki.debian.org/pata_marvell) deals with
> the issue in debian lenny. I tried it and it works also with my
> squeeze kernel, 2.6.32-5-amd64.

Interesting.  For reference, that page suggests:

 1. Enable the Marvell controller in the BIOS.
 2. Disable the pata_marvell module, by putting a .conf file with

	install pata_marvell /bin/true

    in /etc/modprobe.d.
 3. Pass the marvell_enable=1 parameter to the ahci module, by putting
    a .conf file with

	options ahci marvell_enable=1

    in /etc/modprobe.d.

and regenerating the initramfs.  Do you know whether it is (2) or (3)
that causes your system to boot correctly?

The photos from Mark's original report are (understandably) no longer
online.  Could you describe the messages from bootup, for example by
taking a new photo?

If you have time for it, it would also be nice to try a 3.0 release
candidate from experimental and see if that changes anything (it
probably won't, but it's good to check).

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12075 upstream has some
pointers.

Thanks much.
Jonathan