Re: [ANNOUNCE] libata: new EH, NCQ, hotplug and PM patches against stable kernel

[Nicolas STRANSKY <Nico@stransky.cx>]

Le 05/12/2006 03:24 PM, Tejun Heo a écrit :
> Hello, all.
> 
> Lately libata has been going through a lot of changes and even more
> are around the corner.  I've been working on error handling and
> advanced SATA features for quite sometime now, and, finally, patches
> have been finalized and submitted for review a few days ago.
> 
> 2.6.18 is the target for mainline merge.  As there is quite some time
> between now and 2.6.18, I have made patches to update the current
> stable kernel to support the new features so that they can receive
> wider testing and interested people don't have to wait too long.  I
> intend to maintain these patches through 2.6.16 and 17 until the
> mainline merge happens.
> 
> Added new features are
> 
> * New error handling
> * IRQ driven PIO (from Albert Lee)
> * SATA NCQ support
> * Hotplug support
> * Port Multiplier support
> 
> The following drivers support new features.
> 
> ata_piix:	new EH, irq-pio, warmplug (hardware restriction)
> sata_sil:	new EH, irq-pio, hotplug
> ahci:		new EH, irq-pio, NCQ, hotplug
> sata_sil24:	new EH, irq-pio, NCQ, hotplug, Port Multiplier
> 
> More info can be found at the following URL.
> 
>  http://home-tj.org/wiki/index.php/Libata-tj-stable

Hi,

I've been using this patch for 2.6.16 for a month now, and it really
works very well. As 2.6.17 is now released, is there going to be a
"libata-tj" for this kernel as well ?
BTW, what is the status of sata_sil new code merge with mainline ? Is it
still expected to be in 2.6.18 ?

Thanks,
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Nico
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