From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Additions to libata patch archive Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:13:24 -0400 Message-ID: <434352E4.8090002@pobox.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]:36052 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751210AbVJEEN3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 00:13:29 -0400 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz I just added a few more patches to the libata patch archive. The patch archive is a collection of libata patches that aren't being actively maintained, but could potentially be useful as a reference for a better patch in the future. http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/libata/archive/2.6.12-rc5-git8-ioctl-get-identity.patch.bz2 This patch adds support for the HDIO_GET_IDENTITY ioctl. Bart (IDE maintainer) raised some valid objections -- objections that I keep forgetting once months pass -- and so the patch just sat. http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/libata/archive/2.6.13-vsc-mwi.patch.bz2 More properly configure Vitesse 7174 / Intel 31244 SATA controllers' MSI, DMA burst, and cacheline size settings. Jeremy Higdon tested this patch and didn't see any problems, but since the current driver has been working, I didn't see any need to rush this patch in. Maybe someone with hardware will become interested in it, as it does program the hardware more correctly. http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/libata/archive/2.6.14-rc3-sil-lbt.patch.bz2 This patch turns on the Silicon Image 311x "Large Block Transfer" feature, which eliminates legacy PCI IDE DMA limitations such as 64k boundary and 64k max DMA segment size. This needs a lot of stress testing, but really should get merged as soon as enough people verify that it works for them. http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/libata/archive/2.6.14-rc3-sil24-original.patch.bz2 Original Silicon Image 3124 driver contributed by Silicon Image. Since there is a newer driver, this is merely provided as a reference.