From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932555AbVJCSkq (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 14:40:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932559AbVJCSkp (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 14:40:45 -0400 Received: from prgy-npn1.prodigy.com ([207.115.54.37]:6149 "EHLO oddball.prodigy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932555AbVJCSkn (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 14:40:43 -0400 Message-ID: <43417B3E.4020807@tmr.com> Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:41:02 -0400 From: Bill Davidsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.11) Gecko/20050729 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Kesterson CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.13] drivers/ide: Enable basic VIA VT6410 IDE functionality References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Robert Kesterson wrote: > This patch enables plain IDE functionality on the VIA VT6410 IDE controller > (such as used on the Asus P4P800 Deluxe motherboard). This is not a RAID > driver, but you can use Linux's software RAID once the drives are visible. > I did not write the original version of this patch, which I found on the > internet back in the days of kernel 2.6.2. I have been unable to identify > the original author to give him/her proper credit. I have been maintaining > and updating this patch since then and have released several updates which > have been successfully used by others who have downloaded it from my > website. > > It seems appropriate that this minimal functionality should be in the > mainstream kernel. After using this patch (it works), it comes to me that the 2.4 version was in a separate driver, so I can control my order of controller recognition. Just having access to the devices is useful, but it would be more useful in the module version. -- -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com) "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me