Re: [PATCH v2] ata: libata-pmp: disable the SEMB port on Marvell 88SM9705

[Niklas Cassel]

On Sat, 07 Nov 2026 14:13:30 +0100, Marco Ziliani wrote:
> The Marvell 88SM9705 is a 1-to-5 SATA port multiplier with one
> additional SEMB (SATA Enclosure Management Bridge) port [1].  Ports
> 0-4 are device ports and port 5 is the SEMB.  The number of fan-out
> ports in GSCR[2] is 6 when the SEMB is enabled and 5 when it is not,
> so on boards without the SEMB there is no link 5 and this quirk does
> nothing.  That includes the common 8-port PCIe cards that pair an
> 88SE9215 with an 88SM9705, which report 5 ports.
> 
> [...]

Applied to libata/linux.git (for-7.4-fixes), thanks!

[1/1] ata: libata-pmp: disable the SEMB port on Marvell 88SM9705
      https://git.kernel.org/libata/linux/c/6b67cdb4

Kind regards,
Niklas