From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luben Tuikov Subject: Re: [PATCH] minimal SAS transport class Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:08:39 -0400 Message-ID: <43062E37.4000105@adaptec.com> 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> <20050819175929.GA5614@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from magic.adaptec.com ([216.52.22.17]:59081 "EHLO magic.adaptec.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965016AbVHSTIq (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:08:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20050819175929.GA5614@infradead.org> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Christoph Hellwig 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 08/19/05 13:59, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > 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. Sorry, this is _not_ a SAS LLDD. There is *nothing*, I repeat *nothing* SAS in that code. Luben >>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. >