Re: Parallel ATA with libata status with the patches I'm working on

Alan Cox
2005-11-03T22:24:25Z

On Iau, 2005-11-03 at 22:29 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> Do you think that libata is currently so much better wrt to PATA
> hot-(un)plug support?

With the hot plug patches for SATA it certainly is. Mainstream it isn't.
Best is still 2.4-ac

> > Yes, I think it's similar to OSS-ALSA, WRT - you know, 6-months forward
> > notice etc :-)
>
> Ain't going to happen...

I don't think this a six month project. Well no getting all the PCI
stuff sorted is a six month project. Knocking it into shape and cleaning
up corner cases and details is considerably more.

Still I've done atiixp, opt621 and it8172 this afternoon.

Alan