From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kristen Carlson Accardi Subject: Re: [patch 1/4] libata: check for AN support Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:21:13 -0700 Message-ID: <20070815092113.f6546e76.kristen.c.accardi@intel.com> References: <20070808190613.616085010@localhost.localdomain> <20070808120810.5f8ed457.kristen.c.accardi@intel.com> <46C2B24E.1010506@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:36646 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760206AbXHOQYW (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:24:22 -0400 In-Reply-To: <46C2B24E.1010506@garzik.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Cc: James.Bottomley@steeleye.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 03:59:10 -0400 Jeff Garzik wrote: > Since I wanted to get in Tejun's ata_link changes before this, this will > require a rediff. > > But more importantly, as I was going to apply it I noticed another > problem: we need to verify that SiS and NVIDIA both support AN support > turning this on, since this patch affects not only Intel but also those > vendors' AHCI hardware as well. > > It's a bit annoying but this is a cross-vendor driver after all... > > Jeff Got a link to their public docs? I'm happy to look in their specs to confirm. Otherwise, maybe you can forward to people there to have them check, or find someone under NDA with them who can. Kristen