From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750933AbWERPis (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 May 2006 11:38:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751096AbWERPis (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 May 2006 11:38:48 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:15747 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750933AbWERPir (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 May 2006 11:38:47 -0400 Message-ID: <446C9503.1020609@garzik.org> Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 11:38:43 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Lord CC: Tejun Heo , Jan Wagner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: support for sata7 Streaming Feature Set? References: <4466D6FB.1040603@gmail.com> <446BD8F2.10509@gmail.com> <446C7435.2040809@rtr.ca> In-Reply-To: <446C7435.2040809@rtr.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.1 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.1 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.1 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mark Lord wrote: > The device driver has to know about it, at a minimum so that it can > select a different EH protocol for the streams. Which in turn means > that the streaming commands should be known to the driver as well. Different taskfile protocol, you mean? > But how to handle it all nicely is the real question. > A new block driver, if libata cannot handle it? I seriously doubt writing a whole new ATA driver subsystem will fly :) Jeff