Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Nov 2005 16:34:39 +0100 | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: Parallel ATA with libata status with the patches I'm working on |
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On 11/3/05, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: > On Iau, 2005-11-03 at 15:58 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > On 11/3/05, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: > > > Core Features Fixed > > > - Per drive tuning > > > - Filter quirk lists > > > - Single channel support > > > > Are these the same changes that have been recently pushed into > > Linus' tree without any previous public review or some new ones? > > Some of the changes have gone to Jeff Garzik others are pending > improvments/driver fixes for existing drivers and testing before Jeff > accepts them. Beyond that its up to Jeff what is merged into -mm and on.
Of course it is up to Jeff but still it would be nice to see them on linux-ide ML before hitting -mm or mainline...
> > > Drivers so far written for the libata parallel work I'm doing > > > > Are the patches available somewhere? > > Yes. I'll post updated sets at some point soon. The patch I posted > pointers to before is now well out of date. > > > > AMD > > > Driver written, given basic testing and equivalent to current > > > drivers/ide > > > > Functionality can't be the same as drivers/ide because libata > > lacks some core features. > > Well duh, other than core differences. Functionality is indeed different > - CRC errors dont crash SMP boxes for example ;) > > > > CS5520 > > > Driver written, some debug work to do. Works unlike the drivers/ide one > > > > Please fix drivers/ide also if not a big problem. > > I started this work in part because it was impossible to work with you.
Yes, I don't ack patches only because name of the submitter... ;)
> I've no interest in fixing drivers/ide and in fact I'm now running as > much as I can with CONFIG_IDE=n, because the only way to really test > code is to use it all the time. > > The things I've fixed however if you want to go fix them in drivers/ide > are > > CS5520 is totally broken. You want the fixes I sent you over a year ago > and maybe more. Its probably best left as I doubt anyone else has a 5520 > any more 8) > > Serverworks runs the wrong cable detect routine in some cases > (conditions ordered wrongly)
OK, thanks for the hint.
> I think the HPT366 driver contains several bugs looking at it in > comparison with hpts driver and the data sheets I can get hold of. It's > hard to be sure however because at times all three disagree with each > other. In particular it doesn't know about 302N but think its a 37x and > the PLL tune code appears to be unrelated to either data sheet or hpt > code. Can't be sure yet on the PLL until I've got PLL modes working in > the libata driver. > > > Alan (drivers/ide elimination department)
I see... same goal here but in more peaceful way...
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