system hangs with all-generic-ide & irqpoll

[Alan]

> >libata now has basic support for the Marvell 6101 PATA.If I understand things correctly, libata is part of the kernel, so either
> the current kernel 
> a) doesn't support this particular version of the  Marvell  chip
> b) libata support for the Marvell PATA is not included in the current kernel.
> c) libata support for the Marvell PATA doesn't work.
> 
> In any case, I'm not sure what more, other than filing a bugzilla report, 
> I can do.

I've no idea if the Fedora kernel supports it, and filing a bugzilla
might be useful there, but the current upstream kernel supports the 6101.

Alan