From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Randy.Dunlap" Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] libata: new EH, NCQ, hotplug and PM patches against stable kernel Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 12:21:16 -0700 Message-ID: <20060512122116.152fbe80.rdunlap@xenotime.net> References: <20060512132437.GB4219@htj.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:60807 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751362AbWELTSu (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 May 2006 15:18:50 -0400 Received: from midway.site ([71.245.102.105]) by xenotime.net for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 12:18:46 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20060512132437.GB4219@htj.dyndns.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tejun Heo Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 12 May 2006 22:24:37 +0900 Tejun Heo wrote: > Hello, all. > > Lately libata has been going through a lot of changes and even more > are around the corner. I've been working on error handling and > advanced SATA features for quite sometime now, and, finally, patches > have been finalized and submitted for review a few days ago. > > 2.6.18 is the target for mainline merge. As there is quite some time > between now and 2.6.18, I have made patches to update the current > stable kernel to support the new features so that they can receive > wider testing and interested people don't have to wait too long. I > intend to maintain these patches through 2.6.16 and 17 until the > mainline merge happens. > > Added new features are > > * New error handling > * IRQ driven PIO (from Albert Lee) > * SATA NCQ support > * Hotplug support > * Port Multiplier support BTW, we often use PM to mean Power Management. Could we find a different acronym for Port Multiplier support, such as PMS or PX or PXS? --- ~Randy