Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750914AbXBVN3T (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:29:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751589AbXBVN3T (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:29:19 -0500 Received: from [81.2.110.250] ([81.2.110.250]:44535 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750914AbXBVN3T (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:29:19 -0500 Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:24:39 +0000 From: Alan To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Robert Hancock , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI driver support for pata Message-ID: <20070222142439.50cff3e9@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <45DD3F20.7050907@pobox.com> References: <45DD2E12.6000705@shaw.ca> <45DD3F20.7050907@pobox.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.7.2 (GTK+ 2.10.8; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 850 Lines: 23 > > It does seem to drive the PATA controllers, but the cable detection > > doesn't seem to be working: The cable detection is broken in the base code not in the ACPI driver. It's totally hosed for most chipsets in PIIX. > > scsi5 : pata_acpi > > ata5.00: ATAPI, max UDMA/66 > > ata5.00: limited to UDMA/33 due to 40-wire cable > > ata5.00: configured for UDMA/33 > > Honestly I don't think pata_acpi is the best way to go. ACPI is the only way to do cable handling on the Nvidia PATA chipset. The problem you see here is core libata breakage from some recent change, it's broken most chipsets. Alan - 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/