* Re: non-PCI libata
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@ 2005-05-12 21:23 ` Jeff Garzik
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From: Jeff Garzik @ 2005-05-12 21:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Joe Istead; +Cc: linux-kernel, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Joe Istead wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a question related to an LKML post on April 5, 2005:
>
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/5/210
>
> Preamble:
> I'm developing a low level driver for a non-PCI AHCI controller. In
> particular, I'm using uClinux (2.6.x kernel) on a Nios II processor (Avalon
> bus, etc etc).
>
> It looks like porting "drivers/scsi/ahci.c" to uClinux is the easiest way to
> do this. However, ahci.c depends on libata, and both of these are littered
> with PCI-specific calls.
>
> Question:
> Is there a non-PCI libata (or, are there plans to make one)?
libata already supports non-PCI. Another engineer is already using
libata on his embedded non-PCI hardware.
You'll just have to modify AHCI to support non-PCI.
Jeff
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