From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/06] sata_mv: cache frequently read registers Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:52:35 -0500 Message-ID: <49A58563.50708@rtr.ca> References: <4994FF3D.90904@rtr.ca> <499A029A.1060101@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rtr.ca ([76.10.145.34]:36486 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752610AbZBYRwj (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:52:39 -0500 In-Reply-To: <499A029A.1060101@pobox.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Cc: IDE/ATA development list Jeff Garzik wrote: > Mark Lord wrote: >> Maintain a local (mv_port_priv) cache of frequently accessed registers, >> to avoid having to re-read them (very slow) on every transistion >> between EDMA and non-EDMA modes. This speeds up things like >> flushing the drive write cache, and anything using basic DMA transfers. >> >> Signed-off-by: Mark Lord >> -- >> >> Resending without any changes from original. > > ACK patches 1-6 > > however, they do not seem to apply to libata-dev.git#upstream, which > already has several sata_mv changes in it. > > Can you regenerate please? No need to copy the list on resend, unless > the patch content changes.... .. I sent you the patches via email a week ago now, and no word back .. and no updates visible in libata-dev. Did you get them? Thanks Mark