From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Favrholdt Subject: Re: [PATCH #upstream-fixes] sata_promise: request follow-up SRST - it works Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:17:32 +0100 Message-ID: <49A293DC.9030005@how.dk> References: <491C9A4F.1020801@tlinx.org> <491FB7E2.2030105@kernel.org> <18719.65298.689618.835202@harpo.it.uu.se> <492059B1.4030708@how.dk> <49205AD7.3080009@how.dk> <4920D093.2030508@kernel.org> <492159E0.1050804@how.dk> <4922165E.9070203@kernel.org> <49230361.2010001@how.dk> <492371F4.7020400@kernel.org> <49253A6D.1040202@how.dk> <18725.17831.755158.999770@harpo.it.uu.se> <49263F80.2060607@kernel.org> <492C358C.7030403@garzik.org> <18737.47407.218634.726384@harpo.it.uu.se> <499102E5.6000603@garzik.org> <18833.47451.931683.294891@harpo.it.uu.se> <4991EDFC.4010109@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from pfepa.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.235]:50480 "EHLO pfepa.post.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752515AbZBWMRi (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:17:38 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4991EDFC.4010109@garzik.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik , Mikael Pettersson Jeff Garzik wrote: > Mikael Pettersson wrote: >> Not really. I've kept the patch up to date for newer kernels, but >> there's been no testing by others that I know of. Do you want to >> include it in a testing branch? > > I can at least make sure it is in #ALL and #NEXT, two meta-branches in > libata-dev.git that are forwarded to akpm's -mm tree and linux-next, > respectively, for wider public testing. > > We can give it more-public testing and hopefully get a bit more feedback. I have tested this patch: http://user.it.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/patches/2.6/OLD/2.6.28/patch-sata_promise-reset-updates-v1-2.6.28 On a vanilla 2.6.28.6 kernel. It works without any problems. Unfortunately I had to replace a faulty power supply - which may have been the cause for my system failing earlier (as reported in previous postings to this list). Hardware: AMD Barton 2500 on Nforce2 motherboard with Promise Technology, Inc. PDC40718 (SATA 300 TX4) (rev 02) 4 Seagate 500GB ES drives: Model Number: ST3500630NS Firmware Revision: 3.AEE (with 1.5/3.0Gbps jumper removed = 3.0Gbps) Best regards Peter