From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932271AbVHKQPw (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:15:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932293AbVHKQPw (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:15:52 -0400 Received: from host27-37.discord.birch.net ([65.16.27.37]:35504 "EHLO EXCHG2003.microtech-ks.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932271AbVHKQPv (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:15:51 -0400 From: "Roger Heflin" To: "'Michael Thonke'" , "'Lee Revell'" Cc: , "'Allen Martin'" , "'linux mailing-list'" Subject: RE: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:18:48 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 In-Reply-To: <42FB722B.8040203@gmail.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 thread-index: AcWegsZQjAQRI/uoSJqf4ukWgHSEWwADUfSA Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Aug 2005 15:13:10.0899 (UTC) FILETIME=[2FC2B430:01C59E87] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org For high end stuff Serverworks is supposed to have some AMD stuff soon (this is rumor I heard). >>From what Allen said, the implication to me is that something in the current NVIDIA stat NCQ chipset is *not* fully under NVIDIA's control, ie they got some piece of technology from someone else and cannot disclose its details, which would be why the could release a "clean" redesigned one. Roger > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of > Michael Thonke > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 10:44 AM > To: Lee Revell > Cc: lgb@lgb.hu; Allen Martin; linux mailing-list > Subject: Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII > > Lee Revell schrieb: > > >On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 17:17 +0200, Michael Thonke wrote: > > > > > >>*frustrated* > >> > >> > > > >Hey I don't like it any more than you do. But Nvidia is an > IP company > >and they act like one. Most of us would probably do the exact same > >thing in their position, AKA whatever the lawyers tell them ;-) > > > >Lee > > > > > > > > > Jepp Lee your are right. > > Well, the lawyers sometimes like cancer..nobody wants them > nobody need them, but they still there. *hard ironic* > Couldn't we tie all togehter, to make the world better? To > make more hardware loving Linux? And peace on earth *ironic > off - taken from Miss Hardware Support election live from Germany* > > But omitting a costumer in some decisions could break there neck.. > > If we would have such company we would may do something like > that, but hey..saying my Hardware is Linux friendly is much > cooler :-) And mh some goverments and schools using AMD and > NForce Chipsets..this is a lost market..they are blind? > In my old school we had 200 + 100 computers with NForce2..and > they wanted to move to Linux OS..but can't..sharing my > knowledge stuck at the point of driver support from NVidia > for Linux so the problem was on the root (hardware). Now they > changed to Intel and what happen no NVidia anymore - isn't > the worth would NVidia say right? > > Greets & Best regards > Michael > > -- > Michael Thonke > IT-Systemintegrator / > System- and Softwareanalyist > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >