Re: Fwd: [PATCH #upstream-fixes 1/4] libata: fix device iteration bugs

[Michael Guntsche <mike@it-loops.com>]

On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:19:24 +0300, Sergei Shtylyov
<sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> wrote:
> Hello.
> 

>> Mmm.. but he's using "really old ata_piix" hardware, as in what Intel
>> once called the "Triton" (or Triton II) chipset.
> 
>    The "original Triton" IDE is supported by pata_oldpiix.
> 
>>   Which I wrote support
>> for in drivers/ide, way back when.. and we never had this problem.
> 
>    The support for the "original Triton" is drivers/ide/ is still broken 
> after all these years. The driver assumes that the slave IDE timing 
> register always present -- which the origina 82371FB didn't have. :-(

00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton
II]

So apparently I have an "SB" Triton II. Looking at the description of the
drivers I thought that ata_piix would be the correct driver for it.

... support for PATA on the Intel ESB/ICH/PIIX3/PIIX4 series host
controllers.

Also looking the the comments in ata_piix it looks like my chipset already
supports independent timing and therefore ata_piix is the correct driver to
use.

Please correct me if I am wrong or misunderstood your remarks.

Kind regards,
Michael