From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: "Martin K. Petersen" <mkp@mkp.net>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] pata_cs5536: ATA driver for Geode companion chip
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:25:42 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <470C2A16.1040606@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <yq14ph8xg3z.fsf@sermon.lab.mkp.net>
Martin K. Petersen wrote:
> This is a driver specifically for the ATA controller on the Geode
> CS5536 companion chip. The PCI device ID for this device was
> previously claimed by pata_amd.c but there were two problems with
> that:
>
> - Not all Geode platforms emulate the ATA registers in PCI config
> space
>
> - CS5536 PIO timings are not identical to AMD74XX/8111
>
> pata_cs5536.c relies on Geode Machine Specific Registers to configure
> the ATA function and uses the correct PIO timings for the chip.
>
> Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <mkp@mkp.net>
Just FWIW... one you guys are happy with things, I'm ready to merge the
driver whenever.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-10 1:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-03 17:28 [PATCH 1/1] pata_cs5536: ATA driver for Geode companion chip Martin K. Petersen
2007-10-03 18:22 ` Alan Cox
2007-10-03 18:20 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-03 18:45 ` Martin K. Petersen
2007-10-03 18:51 ` Alan Cox
2007-10-03 20:31 ` Jordan Crouse
2007-10-03 20:59 ` Alan Cox
2007-10-03 21:18 ` Jordan Crouse
2007-10-03 22:32 ` Martin K. Petersen
2007-10-03 22:56 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-10 1:25 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2007-10-10 4:33 ` [PATCH 1/1] " Martin K. Petersen
2007-10-10 15:20 ` Jordan Crouse
2007-10-10 17:39 ` Andrew Paprocki
2007-10-11 7:22 ` Andrew Paprocki
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