From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
To: Joshua Kugler <joshua.kugler@uaf.edu>
Cc: Sander <sander@humilis.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jgarzik@pobox.com
Subject: Re: [OT] 8-port AHCI SATA Controller?
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:59:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060131205954.GJ4215@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200601311148.52955.joshua.kugler@uaf.edu>
On Tue, Jan 31 2006, Joshua Kugler wrote:
> On Tuesday 31 January 2006 11:38, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 31 2006, Sander wrote:
> > > > I got the drivers here:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.keffective.com/mvsata/FC3/
> > > >
> > > > The latest was mvSata_Linux_3.6.1.tgz as of 2005-10-13.
> > >
> > > I very, very much prefer in-tree drivers :-)
> >
> > Actually there is a sata_mv driver in the kernel, however it's pretty
> > experimental right now. I'm sure it could use testers :-)
>
> Interesting. I understand it going through testing, but why didn't
> they pull in the mvSata driver referenced above? It was already GPL.
> Or did they pull in that driver and just want testing?
Did you look at the driver? I'm guessing no :-)
Additionally, it didn't interface with libata at all. A native libata
driver is greatly preferred.
--
Jens Axboe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-31 21:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-31 11:53 [OT] 8-port AHCI SATA Controller? Sander
2006-01-31 16:39 ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-01-31 17:17 ` Sander
2006-01-31 18:30 ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-01-31 18:39 ` Sander
2006-01-31 18:44 ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-01-31 18:50 ` Sander
2006-01-31 18:58 ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-01-31 20:48 ` Roger Heflin
2006-02-01 10:15 ` Sander
2006-02-01 14:53 ` Roger Heflin
2006-02-01 10:03 ` Sander
2006-01-31 18:40 ` Joel Jaeggli
2006-01-31 18:51 ` Sander
2006-01-31 18:19 ` Joshua Kugler
2006-01-31 18:56 ` Sander
2006-01-31 19:02 ` Joshua Kugler
2006-02-01 10:18 ` Sander
2006-01-31 20:38 ` Jens Axboe
2006-01-31 20:48 ` Joshua Kugler
2006-01-31 20:59 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2006-01-31 21:31 ` Joshua Kugler
2006-02-01 16:13 ` Bill Davidsen
2006-02-01 19:15 ` Joshua Kugler
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