From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: Libata Port Multiplier Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:10:16 +0900 Message-ID: <46959B98.1000300@gmail.com> References: <001801c7c3fd$5a735ac0$0202fea9@pav> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.184.238]:54811 "EHLO wr-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761188AbXGLDKZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:10:25 -0400 Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i30so13425wra for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:10:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <001801c7c3fd$5a735ac0$0202fea9@pav> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Richard Stephens Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Richard Stephens wrote: > Quick question: Does the kernel version 2.6.20 include support for Port > Multipliers? No. > A little background: I have a non-working system with SiI3124 and SiI3726 > chips, and the manufacturer (NORCO) has sent me a link to your patch > libata-tj-2.6.17.4-20060710. Since you don't have a patch for 2.6.20, I > assume that functionality was merged into the main kernel. If not, how would > I go about patching 2.6.20 to add port multiplier support? Not yet. I have patches against 2.6.22-rc6 in home-tj.org page tho. Patches against 2.6.22 will be posted soon and I think it's gonna be merged into 2.6.23 finally. Thanks. -- tejun