Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261331AbTH2R2P (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:28:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261350AbTH2R2P (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:28:15 -0400 Received: from 64-60-248-67.cust.telepacific.net ([64.60.248.67]:51087 "EHLO mx.rackable.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261331AbTH2R2H (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:28:07 -0400 Message-ID: <3F4F8BA7.1080002@rackable.com> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:21:43 -0700 From: Samuel Flory User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030827 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Garzik CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , SCSI Mailing List Subject: Re: libata update posted (was Re: VIA Serial ATA chipset) References: <20030813074535.C3AB427AC8@mail.medav.de> <3F4F6863.4080400@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <3F4F6863.4080400@pobox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Aug 2003 17:28:06.0137 (UTC) FILETIME=[E85E3E90:01C36E52] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1668 Lines: 52 Jeff Garzik wrote: > > So, here are the 2.4 and 2.6 versions of the VIA SATA support for > libata, contained in the latest libata update. > > 2.4 BK: bk://kernel.bkbits.net/jgarzik/atascsi-2.4 > 2.4 Patch: > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.4/2.4.23-pre1-libata3.patch.bz2 > > > 2.6 BK: bk://kernel.bkbits.net/jgarzik/atascsi-2.6 > 2.6 Patch: > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.6/2.6.0-test4-bk2-libata3.patch.bz2 > > > > Changes: > * add VIA SATA driver > * fixes to software reset. > * other fixes > * split scsi-related code into separate file, libata-scsi.c. > * continue work on phy layer > * continue work towards fully async taskfile API: you call > submit_tf(), and later on, your callback is called when the taskfile > completes or times out. async taskfile API is required for ATAPI and > supporting more advanced host controllers like Promise or AHCI (SATA2). > * some cleanups > > > I'm guessing there is no support for Promise yet? I'm just asking because I've got this dual amd64 with 4 Promise sata ports. Which for some reason there aren't drivers any 64 bit OS;-( PS- The driver works great on the silcon image chipset. (Once I realized that my Seagate drive needed newer firmware.) -- Once you have their hardware. Never give it back. (The First Rule of Hardware Acquisition) Sam Flory - 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/