Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261242AbTIPNYN (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:24:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261860AbTIPNYN (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:24:13 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:43684 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261242AbTIPNYK (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:24:10 -0400 Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.22-ac3 From: Alan Cox To: Erik Steffl Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <3F664FED.4040609@bigfoot.com> References: <200309152306.h8FN6lF04552@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <3F664FED.4040609@bigfoot.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1063718562.10037.5.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-6) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:22:44 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 921 Lines: 20 On Maw, 2003-09-16 at 00:49, Erik Steffl wrote: > does this apply to SATA disks? The only SATA devices we support in the core IDE layer are capable of doing LBA48 DMA anyway. > what's the status of support for 137GB+ SATA disks? it required > libata5 patches from Jeff Garzik before (as of 2.4.21-ac4). I see some libata is really seperate and for the newer controllers. Its more aimed at the latest and upcoming hardware which replaces the SATA controller as we know it today (PATA controller hacked up a bit) with stuff that looks more like a SCSI controller, with multiple commands, on board brains etc. Things like the Promise 2037x are the beginnings of this. - 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/