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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 18:41:51 -0300 (BRT)
From: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>, Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
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Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.19-pre5
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Andre? 

On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Adrian Bunk wrote:

> Hi Marcelo,
> 
> Configure.help contains the help text below that sounds more like a
> comment to a patch than a helpful help message for a user of a stable
> kernel:
> 
> +CONFIG_IDE_TASKFILE_IO
> +  This is the "Jewel" of the patch.  It will go away and become the new
> +  driver core.  Since all the chipsets/host side hardware deal w/ their
> +  exceptions in "their local code" currently, adoption of a
> +  standardized data-transport is the only logical solution.
> +  Additionally we packetize the requests and gain rapid performance and
> +  a reduction in system latency.  Additionally by using a memory struct
> +  for the commands we can redirect to a MMIO host hardware in the next
> +  generation of controllers, specifically second generation Ultra133
> +  and Serial ATA.
> +
> +  Since this is a major transition, it was deemed necessary to make the
> +  driver paths buildable in separtate models.  Therefore if using this
> +  option fails for your arch then we need to address the needs for that
> +  arch.
> +
> +  If you want to test this functionality, say Y here.
> 
> Could anyone provide a more useful help text?
> 
> TIA
> Adrian
> 
> 


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