From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH] minimal SAS transport class Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 18:59:29 +0100 Message-ID: <20050819175929.GA5614@infradead.org> References: <9BB4DECD4CFE6D43AA8EA8D768ED51C21D7A3A@xbl3.ma.emulex.com> <4304DBA1.4050900@pobox.com> <20050819140631.GB12485@lst.de> <43061C3C.2020303@adaptec.com> <20050819175459.GA16619@lst.de> <43061D57.9060201@adaptec.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:61391 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965024AbVHSR7r (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:59:47 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43061D57.9060201@adaptec.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Luben Tuikov Cc: Jeff Garzik , James.Smart@Emulex.Com, jejb@steeleye.com, ltuikov@yahoo.com, Eric.Moore@lsil.com, andrew.patterson@hp.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 01:56:39PM -0400, Luben Tuikov wrote: > > Yes. But to get that to work we'll need to fix some assumptions in > > libata, define proper interfaces between the SAS LLDD, the SAS transport > > class and libata. It's doable and desirable, but it'll need some work. > > Do you have a SAS LLDD? See the mptsas driver I posted today. > Which one is it that will let you do this? Currently none. Fusion is doing the SATA command translation in firmware. This is more for Adapters in the style of the Adaptec design where it would be done in the host software stack.