2001-12-21 09:08:02

by Iain McClatchie

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Subject: Promise Ultra ATA 133 TX2 support for the 2.2 kernel series

Andre,

Is there any chance you will backport the Promise ATA/133
patch to the 2.2 kernel series? If not, is anyone you
know of working on a backport?

I've got a pair of 160GB Maxtors I'd like to get working
soon, perhaps without rolling the office forward to the 2.4
kernel... :) I guess my alternative to finding a 2.2 patch
somewhere is just using the first 137 GB of the drives, and
extending the partition and ext2 filesystem later when we
finally upgrade our kernels.

-Iain McClatchie [email protected]
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True Circuits, Inc. 650-691-7606 FAX
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2001-12-21 12:06:36

by Davidovac Zoran

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Subject: Re: Promise Ultra ATA 133 TX2 support for the 2.2 kernel series

You can find ATA patches in

ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/ide-2.2.19

ide.2.2.19.05042001...> 15-May-2001 14:32 185k Source code patch

I am using it long time and it is stable,
note you will have to patch k2.2.20 manual

Zoran


2001-12-21 13:35:11

by Peter Svensson

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Subject: Re: Promise Ultra ATA 133 TX2 support for the 2.2 kernel series

On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Davidovac Zoran wrote:

> You can find ATA patches in
>
> ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/ide-2.2.19
>
> ide.2.2.19.05042001...> 15-May-2001 14:32 185k Source code patch
>
> I am using it long time and it is stable,
> note you will have to patch k2.2.20 manual

Does this patch support lba48 commands? For which ide adapters? (I read an
announcement from Intel that with a patch and a new driver their i8xx
chipsets could use lba48.

Specifically, I am interested in the Promise ATA100 cards since I own one.

Peter
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2001-12-21 14:08:25

by Davidovac Zoran

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Subject: Re: Promise Ultra ATA 133 TX2 support for the 2.2 kernel series

If your Promise ATA100 card is PDC20265/PDC20267 then it should work

in patch ide.2.2.19.05042001.patch you can read

+ Promise Ultra100 or PDC20265/PDC20267
+
+ This requires CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO to be enabled.
+
+ Please read the comments at the top of drivers/block/pdc202xx.c
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
+Special UDMA Feature
+PDC202XX_FORCE_BURST_BIT
+ For PDC20246 and PDC20262 Ultra DMA chipsets.
+ Designed originally for PDC20246/Ultra33 that has BIOS setup failures
+ when using 3 or more cards.
+
+ Please read the comments at the top of drivers/block/pdc202xx.c
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+Special Mode Feature (EXPERIMENTAL)
+PDC202XX_FORCE_MASTER_MODE
+ For PDC20246 and PDC20262 Ultra DMA chipsets.
+ This is reserved for possible Hardware RAID 0,1 for the FastTrak
Series.
+
+ Say N.
+



On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Peter Svensson wrote:



> Does this patch support lba48 commands? For which ide adapters? (I read an
> announcement from Intel that with a patch and a new driver their i8xx
> chipsets could use lba48.
>
> Specifically, I am interested in the Promise ATA100 cards since I own one.
>
> Peter
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>
>

2001-12-21 15:17:57

by Peter Svensson

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Subject: Re: Promise Ultra ATA 133 TX2 support for the 2.2 kernel series

On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Davidovac Zoran wrote:

> If your Promise ATA100 card is PDC20265/PDC20267 then it should work
>
> in patch ide.2.2.19.05042001.patch you can read

Are you sure about the lba48 command support? I can see no mention of it
in the patch.

Peter

[snip]

> > Does this patch support lba48 commands? For which ide adapters? (I read an
> > announcement from Intel that with a patch and a new driver their i8xx
> > chipsets could use lba48.
> >
> > Specifically, I am interested in the Promise ATA100 cards since I own one.
> >
> > Peter
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> > Peter Svensson ! Pgp key available by finger, fingerprint:
> > <[email protected]> ! 8A E9 20 98 C1 FF 43 E3 07 FD B9 0A 80 72 70 AF
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Remember, Luke, your source will be with you... always...
> >
> >
>

Peter
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2001-12-21 21:03:38

by Iain McClatchie

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Subject: Re: Promise Ultra ATA 133 TX2 support for the 2.2 kernel series

Davidovac> If your Promise ATA100 card is PDC20265/PDC20267 then
Davidovac> it should work

Maxtor is shipping the Promise 20269 with their 160GB drive.

There is no mention of lba48 support in the
ide.2.2.19.05042001.patch file.

-Iain McClatchie [email protected]
Chief Architect 650-691-7604 voice
True Circuits, Inc. 650-691-7606 FAX
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