From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas STRANSKY Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] libata: new EH, NCQ, hotplug and PM patches against stable kernel Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:18:56 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20060512132437.GB4219@htj.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:44514 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751153AbWFUVTO (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:19:14 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FtA6Q-0007PF-0T for linux-ide@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:19:10 +0200 Received: from fbx.stransky.cx ([82.67.244.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:19:10 +0200 Received: from Nico by fbx.stransky.cx with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:19:10 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20060512132437.GB4219@htj.dyndns.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Le 05/12/2006 03:24 PM, Tejun Heo a =E9crit : > Hello, all. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > Added new features are >=20 > * New error handling > * IRQ driven PIO (from Albert Lee) > * SATA NCQ support > * Hotplug support > * Port Multiplier support >=20 > The following drivers support new features. >=20 > 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 >=20 > More info can be found at the following URL. >=20 > 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 i= t still expected to be in 2.6.18 ? Thanks, --=20 Nico S'assure-t-on sur l'alliance Qu'a faite la n=E9cessit=E9 ? -+- Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), Le Chat et le Rat (Fables VIII.22) -+-