From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263364AbTLBFUV (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 00:20:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263439AbTLBFUV (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 00:20:21 -0500 Received: from codepoet.org ([166.70.99.138]:35818 "EHLO codepoet.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263364AbTLBFUU (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 00:20:20 -0500 Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 22:20:15 -0700 From: Erik Andersen To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Joe Blow , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Promise 20378 + 2.6.0-test10 + libata patch 1 Message-ID: <20031202052015.GA28551@codepoet.org> Reply-To: andersen@codepoet.org Mail-Followup-To: Erik Andersen , Jeff Garzik , Joe Blow , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <3FCC014A.7050109@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FCC014A.7050109@pobox.com> X-Operating-System: Linux 2.4.19-rmk7, Rebel-NetWinder(Intel StrongARM 110 rev 3), 185.95 BogoMips X-No-Junk-Mail: I do not want to get *any* junk mail. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon Dec 01, 2003 at 10:04:42PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Joe Blow wrote: > > > >>From: Jeff Garzik > >> > >>Nope, libata Promise driver only supports Serial ATA. > > > > > >Bummer. Will it ever support PATA? > > No plans. What exactly is needed to get got SATA and PATA support comparable to the driver provided by promise? Would it be possible to adapt the existing promise PATA IDE driver to drive the PATA port, while the libata Promise driver handles the SATA ports. Or would a new driver be needed? How would the two drivers share the same PCI device? -Erik -- Erik B. Andersen http://codepoet-consulting.com/ --This message was written using 73% post-consumer electrons--