Mark,

Typically the biggest issues are with the PMPs that have internal RAID controllers.  These parts do not follow the SATA spec when they are not in RAID mode.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Lord [mailto:mlord@pobox.com] 
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 8:29 PM
To: Marc MERLIN
Cc: Tejun Heo; linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Larry Li; Hubert Bailey
Subject: Re: decoding PMP errors with Marvel SATA controller

On 11-06-26 08:06 PM, Marc MERLIN wrote:

Speaking of which, what sata chips are recommended nowadays for PMP 
outside
sil24 cards?

Well, sata_mv cards were once *the* best cards going for PMP.
Nowadays though, none of the chipsets I have here work with all of the PMPs I have here.

JMicron are the most common eSATA chips on motherboards, but even they have PMP troubles with Linux (but not with Windows).

So.. dunno.
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Mark Lord
Real-Time Remedies Inc.
mlord@pobox.com

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