From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Felix Miata Subject: Re: Kernel Summit request for Discussion of future of ATA (libata) and IDE Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:23:10 -0400 Message-ID: <48963DDE.8080201@ij.net> References: <1217779055.4179.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20080803173941.314edf33@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <1217783433.4179.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20080803194501.24fa3e51@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <48960B28.2040709@ij.net> <48962C6E.5080802@kernel.org> <20080803230502.2cfd013e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from pop-canoe.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([207.69.195.66]:53382 "EHLO pop-canoe.atl.sa.earthlink.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758330AbYHCXWo (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Aug 2008 19:22:44 -0400 Received: from user-142grnk.cable.mindspring.com ([72.40.110.244] helo=[192.168.0.51]) by pop-canoe.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1KPmuO-0000O2-00 for linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:22:40 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20080803230502.2cfd013e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On 2008/08/03 23:05 (GMT+0100) Alan Cox apparently typed: > On 2008/08/04 07:08 (GMT+0900) Tejun Heo apparently typed: >> http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0807.1/2568.html >> Dunno it will get in tho. > Take it up with Al. He vetoed the needed fixes for this before libata > even acquired PATA support. Since then nothing has happened. I have no idea who Al is, or how one would "take it up with" him. > This is simply not a technical problem. I only signed up on this list 10 months ago, and never did find the veto history or any discussion leading thereto. I have seen discussion/attempts to solve the >15 limitation of libata via dm/kpartx, but not any yet user-ready solution. -- "Love is not easily angered. Love does not demand its own way." 1 Corinthians 13:5 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/