Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

[Michael Thonke <iogl64nx@gmail.com>]

Allen Martin schrieb:

>>Erm, why they are not willing to support NCQ under Linux...I 
>>mean many 
>>people using NVIDIA based mainboards. And that against that what I 
>>thought NVidia stands for - Linux friendly but seems only that this 
>>statement fit on graficcards? Is there no "responsible" person that 
>>says...Hello, Linux is a growing market that we need to 
>>serve? With full 
>>driver/program support?
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>Likely the only way nForce4 NCQ support could be added under Linux would
>be with a closed source binary driver, and no one really wants that,
>especially for storage / boot volume.
>
Who won't have drivers for Linux? Who told you that..?
It would be a start point if closed or not closed source but say never 
ever as your mail suggest is not a way to go.Whats about Servers that 
using NForce Based Chipsets and they need NCQ? Always saying not needed 
or so hard to hand out specs..is the lazy way that a company like NVidia 
shouldn't go.

>  We decided it wasn't worth the
>headache of a binary driver for this one feature.
>
Yes,you Nvidia decide..what's about the costumer dosn't the costumer 
option counts? It's the A and the O of costumer relationship.
Holding up a possiblity is better than say: "Oh, the costumers buy our 
hardware but have no right to use it at all."
So I paid 120€ for a NVidia Nforce4 and 3 Mainboard..and what..I can't 
use it correctly only in Windows?
NVidia seems only interesseted in GPU market so they hand out a bit of 
drivers...mh they are also closed source..so the argument you offered 
aboved is senseless...because NVidia do so for quite a long time.

>  Future nForce
>chipsets will have a redesigned SATA controller where we can be more
>open about documenting it.
>
>-Allen
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So this was the last piece of NVidia I bought...about 400 Workstation 
..is not the worth.

Michael

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