I misread your first message - yes it is defintely beyond the scope of that bug fix, because you want SATA, not SAS.
Have you looked at: http://wiki.debian.org/pata_marvell ?
Another person (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/335615) used that paged and managed to see its sata disks, though not with raid.
I misread your first message - yes it is defintely beyond the scope of that bug fix, because you want SATA, not SAS.
Have you looked at: http:// wiki.debian. org/pata_ marvell ?
Another person (see https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ linux/+ bug/335615) used that paged and managed to see its sata disks, though not with raid.