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From: yulin <yulin@starsoftcomm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.22-rc4]: libata: PATA-mode fixes for sis_sata
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:20:45 +0800
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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Uwe Koziolek <uwe.koziolek@gmx.net>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, micha.biermann@gmx.de

Alan Cox =E5=86=99=E9=81=93:
>> So one leader of our IT, who is a Windows expert, suggested we can u=
se=20
>> int 13h and I/O in Linux. But int 13h just is used in real mode.
>>
>> Can you give me some advice to persuade him? If it is feasible, can =
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>> introduce me?
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> int13 is real mode only, runs polled and 16bit with one command at a
> time. As far as I know even Windows no longer uses it for anything bu=
t
> booting.
>
>  =20
>> Even can you give some good solutions to solve the compatibility pro=
blem?
>>    =20
>
> For hardware where we have info the right answer is to report bugs an=
d
> get them fixed (or indeed send fixes). For the more general case the
> ata_generic driver will drive anything that is SFF8038i compliant and=
 you
> can just add PCI identifiers to it for anything you hit.
>
> I am working on a generic ACPI driver to go with it for such cases.
>
> Alan
>
>
>  =20

Thank you for your help and explanations.

I will do some research work on ata_generic driver. Can you give me som=
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advice or related information to do deeper research?

I alse found the problem of ACPI in our product, so we turn it off, but=
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always caused some other problems. So i think a generic ACPI driver wil=
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be welcome.

And your mail is the best message received today before going home.

:)

 From YuLin