From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: Should be Acard ATP8620 2SATA / 1 IDE driver Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 17:13:55 -0500 Message-ID: <20071107221355.GB15784@havoc.gtf.org> References: <00b501c81ace$ece895f0$6200a8c0@jameshsu> <47270656.7080205@garzik.org> <003701c81c63$cee89c30$6200a8c0@jameshsu> <025c01c82016$fbcf3810$d400a8c0@laurence> <025001c82067$d76c04c0$6200a8c0@jameshsu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from havoc.gtf.org ([69.61.125.42]:39135 "EHLO havoc.gtf.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754787AbXKGWN4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Nov 2007 17:13:56 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <025001c82067$d76c04c0$6200a8c0@jameshsu> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: jameshsu Cc: Andrew Morton , IDE/ATA development list , tytso@us.ibm.com, Matti Aarnio , James Bottomley , 'David Miller' , Daniel Weng , Jason Wu , laurence@mail.acard.com On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 07:25:46PM +0800, jameshsu wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > Please help Acard to add this chip spec on the web site in your earlier > conveniance. > http://gkernel.sourceforge.net/specs/ > http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html#open_chipsets Updated, thanks much! > By the way, once you complete the SATA sample driver , please inform us , so > we could modify, test and submit in the near future. > If any chip info still missing or need us to involve, please let me know. I began working on a sample driver, but looking at your document, it appears you are AHCI-compatible? If so, we would prefer to modify drivers/ata/ahci.c to support your hardware. This already supports AHCI variants from Intel, NVIDIA, ATI, VIA, JMicron and Marvell. Jeff