Re: kern/38056: ahcisata fails to attach with a ServerWorks HT-1000 SATA

[Simon Burge <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/38056; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Simon Burge <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: jnemeth%victoria.tc.ca@localhost (John Nemeth)
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, kern-bug-people%NetBSD.org@localhost,
    gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/38056: ahcisata fails to attach with a ServerWorks HT-1000 
SATA 
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:29:07 +1100

 John Nemeth wrote:
 
 > } >Fix:
 > }    None given.  A workaround is to just disable achisata(4) and fall
 > }    back to the still working svwsata(4).
 > 
 >      In src/sys/dev/pci/svwsata.c in svwsata_match(), find the "return (2)"
 > and make it "return (4)" so that svwsata(4) will take the controller in
 > preference to ahcisata(4).  If you want, you can also KNF the file (it
 > should really be "return 4").
 
 For the non-RAID case, I guess it's a question of "do we want to attach
 svwsata(4) or ahcisata(4)" for this controller.  See Manuel's other
 email.  I don't know the answer to that question...
 
 Simon.