[U-Boot] SATA support?

[Aaron Williams]

On Tuesday, February 08, 2011 10:08:12 pm Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
> Hi Aaron,
> 
> Le 08/02/2011 22:58, Aaron Williams a écrit :
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm trying to compile AHCI support but I'm running into a lot of
> > problems. It looks like AHCI is based off of SCSI whereas other SATA
> > drivers appear not to be. Is ahci.c being maintained or should I use one
> > of the other drivers? Currently for my testing I have a couple Silicon
> > Image 3132 PCIe boards.
> > 
> > -Aaron Williams
> 
> I cannot answer on SATA[/PCIe] as such, but depending on your
> requirements and your hardware, you may possibly find it easier to use
> IDE/(P)ATA hardware emulation like I did on the ARM edminiv2 board.
> 
> Amicalement,

One problem is that we're already using the IDE/(P)ATA for our compact flash 
which is not on the PCI bus. I was hoping to use the SATA  AHCI support but it 
looks like it hasn't been maintained.

-Aaron