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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:26:02 -0500
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Subject: [9fans] marvell sata-ii 88sx[56]0xx
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i've submitted a fileserver kernel driver for the marvell 
sata-ii 88sx[56]0xx set of cards.  this revision adds hotplugging
support and a workarounds for various drive firmware 
compatability issues.  (thanks to sam hopkins.)

we have two 88sx60xx cards in Coraid's new main file server.
hotplugging allows us to make a copy of the f device
while the fileserver serves files.  (between dumps, of course.)
the copying code has not been submitted as it has not been
well-tested yet.

unfortunately i have not yet had time to port this driver back to
the cpu kernel.  if anyone is interested in doing this (perhaps
as a summer of code project), i would be happy to help and/or
mentor.

- erik