Re: [SATA] libata-dev queue updated

Andre Tomt
2005-02-19T16:58:45Z

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Patch URL, BK URL, and changelog attached.
>
> Recent changes:
> * New sata_qstor driver.
>
> * Turn on ATAPI by default.
>
> * Change a couple unconditional use-the-hardware function calls to be
> callbacks instead. Should have been this way originally.
>
> * Most of C/H/S support.
>
> * Fix bugs in ADMA driver.
>
> * Support PCI MSI in AHCI driver.
> * Support ATAPI in AHCI driver.
>
> * Improve ATA passthru (a.k.a. SMART) support
>

How is the Marvell driver coming along? Did it stall? :-)

The propetiary source driver works, but its not like its universally
available (I had to grab it from a different vendor..), "guaranteed" to
work with future kernels, have a usable license, and so on.