Re: Maybe Sorry for that but where should i write .)

Re: Maybe Sorry for that but where should i write .)

[Tejun Heo]

Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 29 2007 at 3:50 +0200, thanatos <thanatos@trollprod.org> wrote:
>> I got a sata controller  ignitio
>>
>>  00:11.0 SATA controller: Initio Corporation INI-1623 PCI SATA-II 
>> Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Vendor specific])
>>         Subsystem: Initio Corporation INI-1623 PCI SATA-II Controller
>>         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
>>         I/O ports at dc00 [size=256]
>>         I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
>>         I/O ports at d400 [size=256]
>>         I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
>>         I/O ports at cc00 [size=256]
>>         Memory at cffff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
>>         Expansion ROM at cff80000 [disabled] [size=256K]
>>         Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
>>
>>
>> and an "no yet usable" 320 hdd, cause of lba48
>>
>> ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
>> ata3.00: HPA unlocked: 625142448 -> 625142448, native 18446744072354982576
>> ata3.00: ATA-8: SAMSUNG HD321KJ, CP100-12, max UDMA7
>> ata3.00: 625142448 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
>> ata3.00: ERROR: This driver doesn't support LBA48 yet and may cause
>>                 data corruption on such devices.  Disabling.
>> ata3.00: disabled
>>
>> i'm still on kernel 2.6.22. i had look on changelog 2.6.23 and even 
>> 2.6.24 nothing for that, is theyre a roadmap ?
>>
>> so if i could help in any way testing patch. i'm theyre
> 
> cc: the linux-scsi mailing list.
> 
> Personally I have nothing to do with this driver, I only sent a fix
> for a patch in 2.6.23

Actually, the correct mailing list is linux-ide.  Alan Cox began working
on the driver.  Cc'ing both.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

Re: Maybe Sorry for that but where should i write .)

[Alan Cox]

> Actually, the correct mailing list is linux-ide.  Alan Cox began working
> on the driver.  Cc'ing both.

Unless I get further info from Initio I don't expect anything to happen.
They simply don't provide enough info to write a driver.