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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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To: bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.0-test9
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bill davidsen wrote:
> In article <20031027182141.GH32168@vic20.blipp.com>,
> Patrik Wallstrom  <pawal@blipp.com> wrote:
> 
> | This patch worked for the Promise-controller:
> | http://dev.gentoo.org/~brad_mssw/kernel_patches/2.6.0/2.6.0-test9-promise20378.patch
> 
> If this patch solves the problem, might I hope that it will be
> considered critical enough a bugfix to get into the mainline? I assume
> the SATA code added in test9 was intended to work, rather than as a
> place holder.


The above patch solves the 'problem' of a particular PCI id not being 
listed in the driver.

IOW it _adds_ new hardware support.

	Jeff