From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: libata-dev queue, ATA passthru updated Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:33:45 -0400 Message-ID: <42B9CB29.5060303@pobox.com> References: <42B9C616.9030101@pobox.com> <42B9C886.6010106@emc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail.dvmed.net ([216.237.124.58]:56239 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262215AbVFVUdv (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:33:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <42B9C886.6010106@emc.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Brett Russ Cc: "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" , Linux Kernel Brett Russ wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: > >> >> I have updated the 'chs-support' and 'passthru' branches of >> rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev.git >> >> to be current for the latest kernel. >> >> Additionally, I have uploaded the contents of the 'passthru' branch as >> a patch, at >> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/libata/2.6.12-git4-passthru1.patch.bz2 > > > > Wasn't T10 supposed to standardize passthru at the March meeting? Any > idea when this can go mainstream? Yes, T10 standardized things AFAIK. However, there are outstanding reports that passthru causes device timeouts and other problems. Investigating those, and a final review of the patch are all that's needed before passthru can go upstream. Jeff