From: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
To: Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>,
"linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.22-rc6] sata_inic162x: add big fat warning about broken LBA48 support
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:32:43 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4684613B.8080607@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46845D2E.4050102@rtr.ca>
Mark Lord wrote:
> I wonder if PIO works for LBA48 on that chipset (very, *very* likely).
HOB register access doesn't work (even get native max address is broken).
> Maybe just fall back to PIO for an LBA48 drive.
> Or even better, fall back to PIO only for sectors beyond 128GB.
>
> ???
>
> Or wait for a more stable driver..
I don't really think the driver is useful in its current state. Maybe
we should just mark it BROKEN. I don't think I'm gonna work on it
without further information and initio is almost impossible to contact.
--
tejun
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-06-29 1:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-06-28 16:07 [PATCH 2.6.22-rc6] sata_inic162x: add big fat warning about broken LBA48 support Tejun Heo
2007-06-28 16:14 ` Greg Freemyer
2007-06-28 16:27 ` Tejun Heo
2007-06-28 16:35 ` Alan Cox
2007-06-28 16:59 ` Greg Freemyer
2007-06-28 17:50 ` Mark Lord
2007-06-28 17:51 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-06-28 17:53 ` Tejun Heo
2007-06-28 17:55 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-06-29 1:15 ` Mark Lord
2007-06-29 1:32 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
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