Comment 2 for bug 89228

On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Eamonn Sullivan wrote:

Hello Eamonn,

> - Intel DG965RY motherboard
> 02:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device

You appear to be in the same boat (first hit on Google) as a Gentleman who
signs himself off as Linus Torvalds:

  http://<email address hidden>/msg02096.html

Some background to how Marvell ended up on an all Intel board:

  http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32808

Further searching:

  http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=i965+marvell+ide

ICH8 (i965) doesn't have IDE ports, only SATA. Except nobody sells SATA
optical drives; so at the last minute Intel hacked into somebody else's
(Marvell's) legacy IDE controller so that people can still use CD/DVD drives
and the whole setup has ...some issues.

 -Paul
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Why do one side of a triangle when you can do all three. Nottingham, GB