Notable updates:
* new driver for ULi SATA (formerly ALi)
* SMART support via ATA passthru CDB
* support for Promise PATA ports
IMPORTANT NOTE: All changes in the "libata-dev-2.6" patch queue should
be considered experimental, for testing only. Do not use in production.
Status report(s):
http://linux.yyz.us/sata/
BK repo:
bk pull bk://gkernel.bkbits.net/libata-dev-2.6
Patch:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/libata/2.6.9-rc3-libata-dev1.patch.bz2
This will update the following files:
drivers/pci/quirks.c | 4
drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 16
drivers/scsi/Makefile | 2
drivers/scsi/ahci.c | 1023 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/scsi/libata-core.c | 38 +
drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c | 269 +++++++++++
drivers/scsi/libata.h | 2
drivers/scsi/sata_nv.c | 38 -
drivers/scsi/sata_promise.c | 56 ++
drivers/scsi/sata_uli.c | 282 ++++++++++++
drivers/scsi/sata_vsc.c | 8
include/linux/ata.h | 1
include/linux/libata.h | 2
include/scsi/scsi.h | 3
14 files changed, 1712 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
through these ChangeSets:
<andyw:pobox.com>:
o T10/04-262 ATA pass thru - patch
<erikbenada:yahoo.ca>:
o [libata sata_promise] support PATA ports on SATA controllers
Brad Campbell:
o libata basic detection and errata for PATA->SATA bridges
Fran?ois Romieu:
o sata_nv: housekeeping for goto labels
o sata_nv: wrong failure path and leak
o sata_nv: enable hotplug event on successfull init only
Jeff Garzik:
o [libata] fix printk warning
o [libata sata_uli] add dev_select hook
o [libata] add sata_uli driver for ULi (formerly ALi) SATA
o [libata ahci] more updates
o [libata ahci] fix several bugs
o [libata] fix typo from hand-merge
o [libata] add AHCI driver
o [ata piix] enable ICH5/6 combined mode quirk based on BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA
Jeremy Higdon:
o per-port LED control for sata_vsc
John W. Linville:
o libata: SMART support via ATA pass-thru
On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 00:58, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Notable updates:
> * new driver for ULi SATA (formerly ALi)
> * SMART support via ATA passthru CDB
> * support for Promise PATA ports
Yeah! the PATA controller is seen. I'll shutdown and stick a disk on the
controller and give it a whirl.
Thanks Eric and Jeff
Jesse
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Jesse Stockall <[email protected]>