Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261304AbTIXMj7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:39:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261305AbTIXMj7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:39:59 -0400 Received: from cpc1-cwma1-5-0-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:24527 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261304AbTIXMj6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:39:58 -0400 Subject: Re: How are the Promise drivers doing? From: Alan Cox To: Andi Kleen Cc: Ruth Ivimey-Cook , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1064407092.13450.10.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-7) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:38:13 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 867 Lines: 18 On Mer, 2003-09-24 at 02:27, Andi Kleen wrote: > One big problem with the Promise drivers is that they are not 64bit > clean. Trying them in a 64bit x86-64 kernel fails quickly. > Fixing them is unfortunately a lot of work because of the weird > Windows like programming style in the CAM layer in there. > > Also at least some released versions of them had gapping security holes > in the ioctl handlers. Looking at the BSD drivers you may well be able to do a minimal mmio version of the 2026x driver for the chips as a stopgap. That wouldn't be as good as the full libata thing once it is done but it would make it go - 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/