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From: "O.Sezer" <sezero@superonline.com>
To: marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com
Cc: B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2.4] decrypt/update ide help entries
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 20:05:43 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <40A8F0E7.4000807@superonline.com> (raw)

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This has been in Alan's tree for ages, why not merge
in mainline? Patch below, happily stolen from -ac/-pac.

Özkan Sezer

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--- 27p2/Documentation/Configure.help~
+++ 27p2/Documentation/Configure.help
@@ -1309,20 +1309,23 @@
 
   If unsure, say N.
 
-PROMISE PDC20246/PDC20262/PDC20265/PDC20267/PDC20268 support
+PROMISE PDC20246/PDC20262/PDC20265/PDC20267 support
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD
-  Promise Ultra33 or PDC20246
-  Promise Ultra66 or PDC20262
-  Promise Ultra100 or PDC20265/PDC20267/PDC20268
+  Promise Ultra 33 [PDC20246]
+  Promise Ultra 66 [PDC20262]
+  Promise FastTrak 66 [PDC20263]
+  Promise MB Ultra 100 [PDC20265]
+  Promise Ultra 100 [PDC20267]
 
   This driver adds up to 4 more EIDE devices sharing a single
-  interrupt. This add-on card is a bootable PCI UDMA controller. Since
+  interrupt. This device is a bootable PCI UDMA controller. Since
   multiple cards can be installed and there are BIOS ROM problems that
-  happen if the BIOS revisions of all installed cards (three-max) do
+  happen if the BIOS revisions of all installed cards (max of three) do
   not match, the driver attempts to do dynamic tuning of the chipset
-  at boot-time for max-speed.  Ultra33 BIOS 1.25 or newer is required
+  at boot-time for max speed.  Ultra33 BIOS 1.25 or newer is required
   for more than one card. This card may require that you say Y to
-  "Special UDMA Feature".
+  "Override-Enable UDMA for Promise Contr." (or "Special UDMA Feature")
+  to force UDMA mode for connected UDMA capable disk drives.
 
   If you say Y here, you need to say Y to "Use DMA by default when
   available" as well.
@@ -1355,7 +1358,30 @@
 
   If unsure, say N.
 
-Special UDMA Feature
+PROMISE PDC202{68|69|70|71|75|76|77} support
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW
+  Promise Ultra 100 TX2 [PDC20268]
+  Promise Ultra 133 PTX2 [PDC20269]
+  Promise FastTrak LP/TX2/TX4 [PDC20270]
+  Promise FastTrak TX2000 [PDC20271]
+  Promise MB Ultra 133 [PDC20275]
+  Promise MB FastTrak 133 [PDC20276]
+  Promise FastTrak 133 [PDC20277]
+
+  This driver adds up to 4 more EIDE devices sharing a single
+  interrupt. This device is a bootable PCI UDMA controller. Since
+  multiple cards can be installed and there are BIOS ROM problems that
+  happen if the BIOS revisions of all installed cards (max of five) do
+  not match, the driver attempts to do dynamic tuning of the chipset
+  at boot-time for max speed.  Ultra33 BIOS 1.25 or newer is required
+  for more than one card. 
+
+  If you say Y here, you need to say Y to "Use DMA by default when
+  available" as well.
+
+  If unsure, say N.
+
+Override-Enable UDMA for Promise Controllers
 CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST
   This option causes the pdc202xx driver to enable UDMA modes on the
   PDC202xx even when the PDC202xx BIOS has not done so.
@@ -1365,14 +1391,24 @@
   used successfully on a PDC20265/Ultra100, allowing use of UDMA modes
   when the PDC20265 BIOS has been disabled (for faster boot up).
 
-  Please read the comments at the top of
-  <file:drivers/ide/pci/pdc202xx_old.c>.
-
   If unsure, say N.
 
-Special FastTrak Feature
+Use FastTrak RAID capable device as plain IDE controller
 CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE
-  For FastTrak enable overriding BIOS.
+  Setting this option causes the kernel to use your Promise IDE disk
+  controller as an ordinary IDE controller, rather than as a FastTrak
+  RAID controller. RAID is a system for using multiple physical disks
+  as one virtual disk.
+
+  You need to say Y here if you have a PDC20276 IDE interface but either
+  you do not have a RAID disk array, or you wish to use the Linux
+  internal RAID software (/dev/mdX).
+
+  You need to say N here if you wish to use your Promise controller to
+  control a FastTrak RAID disk array, and you you must also say Y to
+  CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC.
+
+  If unsure, say Y.
 
 SiS5513 chipset support
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513


             reply	other threads:[~2004-05-17 17:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-05-17 17:05 O.Sezer [this message]
     [not found] ` <200405172020.36892.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl>
2004-05-18 13:42   ` [PATCH 2.4] decrypt/update ide help entries O.Sezer
2004-05-18 14:09     ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-05-18 14:18       ` O.Sezer
2004-05-18 14:31         ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
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2004-05-17 17:35 dwm
2004-05-17 17:52 ` O.Sezer

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