Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:41:32 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: SATA status reports update |
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Robert Hancock wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: >> Prakash Punnoor wrote: >>> Well, how would one debug it w/o hw docs? Or is it possible to >>> compare the patch with a working driver for another chipset? >> >> Well, it is based off of the standard ADMA[1] specification, albeit >> with modifications. There is pdc_adma.c, which is also based off >> ADMA. And the author (from NVIDIA) claims that the driver worked at >> one time, so maybe it is simply bit rot that broke the driver. >> >> If I knew the answer, it would be fixed, so the best answer >> unfortunately is "who knows". >> >> I wish I had the time. But I also wish I had a team of programmers >> working on libata, too ;-) > > Do you know exactly what is allegedly broken in that version? I see that > there are some functions which are just "TODO"..
I just know it was a working driver at one time.
Jeff
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