Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262482AbTEMUS4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2003 16:18:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263161AbTEMUS4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2003 16:18:56 -0400 Received: from mcomail02.maxtor.com ([134.6.76.16]:43014 "EHLO mcomail02.maxtor.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262482AbTEMUSy (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2003 16:18:54 -0400 Message-ID: <785F348679A4D5119A0C009027DE33C102E0D346@mcoexc04.mlm.maxtor.com> From: "Mudama, Eric" To: "'Andre Hedrick'" Cc: Jens Axboe , Jeff Garzik , Dave Jones , Oleg Drokin , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Alan Cox , Oliver Neukum , lkhelp@rekl.yi.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: RE: 2.5.69, IDE TCQ can't be enabled Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:31:41 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 988 Lines: 27 -----Original Message----- >From: Andre Hedrick [mailto:andre@linux-ide.org] >Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 2:04 PM >To: Jens Axboe >Cc: Jeff Garzik; Dave Jones; Mudama, Eric; Oleg Drokin; Bartlomiej >Zolnierkiewicz; Alan Cox; Oliver Neukum; lkhelp@rekl.yi.org; >linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >Subject: Re: 2.5.69, IDE TCQ can't be enabled > >Why are we still dorking around with device TCQ. >There are three holes in the state machine. >IBM's design (goat-screw) is lamer than a duck. >Maxtor thought about redoing TCQ, to not leave the host in a daze but >dropped the ball. What ball, exactly, did we drop? We have yet to ship a TCQ drive because we think we can get it "right" but it is taking us time, in our view, to do properly. --eric - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/