From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: libata PATA to-do list Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:44:13 -0400 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <416D858D.2000702@pobox.com> References: <200410110045.05952.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:40096 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269798AbUJMTo1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:44:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200410110045.05952.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Alan Cox , albertcc@tw.ibm.com Since Bart was asking about to-do items for ATAPI (a key requirement for useful PATA support), I thought I would go ahead and post the main PATA to-do items, should anybody like to work on these. * ATAPI (to-do list outlined in recent conversation with Bart) * C/H/S addressing; libata currently hardcoded to use LBA * add PATA device errata/blacklist info; Alan likes to complain about this one, with colorful examples of device death :) There may be one or two minor things I am forgetting, but those are the main ones. Jeff