Re: [PATCH][2.5.59-bk]Sysfs interface for ZT5550 Redundant Host Controller

[Rusty Lynch <rusty@linux.co.intel.com>]

On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 13:14, Scott Murray wrote:
> On 5 Feb 2003, Rusty Lynch wrote:
> 
> > Here is a second version of the zt5550 reduncant host controller sysfs
> > interface patch.  I have first of all removed several of the more advanced
> > (and therefore more dangerous) chip features, and also moved the root
> > of these files to the 'zt5550_hc' directory that was already being created
> > in bus/pci/drivers/ so that the directory view now looks like:
> 
> I'll likely poke around a bit more, but I can probably live with something 
> along these lines.  My objection to exposing stuff like the HCC, ISOC, and 
> ARBC registers is that my gut feel is that it would be a pain to handle 
> them getting changed arbitrarily from userspace inside the driver,
> especially if someone does the work to make it RSS capable.
> 
> Scott
> 
> PS: Are you still interested in changes to handle the ZT5550C versus 
>     ZT5550D issues, or are things working to your satisfaction at the 
>     moment?
> 

Since Stanley is seeing his ZT5550C work correctly with your latest
patches, I am assuming that I probably have some early engineering
version of the ZT5550C, and it isn't worth worrying about.

    --rustyl  

> 
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> Scott Murray
> SOMA Networks, Inc.
> Toronto, Ontario
> e-mail: scottm@somanetworks.com
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