From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Samuel Flory Subject: Re: libata update posted (was Re: VIA Serial ATA chipset) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:21:43 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3F4F8BA7.1080002@rackable.com> References: <20030813074535.C3AB427AC8@mail.medav.de> <3F4F6863.4080400@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <3F4F6863.4080400@pobox.com> To: Jeff Garzik Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , SCSI Mailing List List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Jeff Garzik wrote: > > So, here are the 2.4 and 2.6 versions of the VIA SATA support for > libata, contained in the latest libata update. > > 2.4 BK: bk://kernel.bkbits.net/jgarzik/atascsi-2.4 > 2.4 Patch: > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.4/2.4.23-pre1-libata3.patch.bz2 > > > 2.6 BK: bk://kernel.bkbits.net/jgarzik/atascsi-2.6 > 2.6 Patch: > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.6/2.6.0-test4-bk2-libata3.patch.bz2 > > > > Changes: > * add VIA SATA driver > * fixes to software reset. > * other fixes > * split scsi-related code into separate file, libata-scsi.c. > * continue work on phy layer > * continue work towards fully async taskfile API: you call > submit_tf(), and later on, your callback is called when the taskfile > completes or times out. async taskfile API is required for ATAPI and > supporting more advanced host controllers like Promise or AHCI (SATA2). > * some cleanups > > > I'm guessing there is no support for Promise yet? I'm just asking because I've got this dual amd64 with 4 Promise sata ports. Which for some reason there aren't drivers any 64 bit OS;-( PS- The driver works great on the silcon image chipset. (Once I realized that my Seagate drive needed newer firmware.) -- Once you have their hardware. Never give it back. (The First Rule of Hardware Acquisition) Sam Flory