Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:57:00 +0930 | From | Rod Whitby <> | Subject | Re: Libata PATA status |
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Alan Cox wrote: > Chipsets > ======== > ARTOP > No reports, but nobody appears to be using one
The NSLU2-Linux project (http://www.nslu2-linux.org) relies on the pata-artop driver for the arm/ixp4xx-based Iomega NAS100d and D-Link DSM-G600 NAS devices (both of which are supported in recent mainline kernels).
Latest kernels (2.6.22-rc5 is the latest we've tested) have no reported problems with pata-artop. We have a handful of people (including myself) who we know are using 2.6.22-rc5 on those devices and are booting from the internal drive using the pata-artop driver.
I'm happy for anyone to contact me in the future if new versions of the pata-artop driver need to be tested. There are people using it :-)
> VIA > Solid. Sent acpi patch for -mm to try and fix the one remaining > mystery "how to spot VIA with onboard SATA bridges properly. If > you've got a VIA board with SATA ports that appear as PATA > channels please drop me an email as I'd like to get more info > on what is affected.
Our project is also working on adding support to the kernel for the Freecom FSG-3 NAS device. It uses the sata-via driver for it's VIA_6421 chipset, but the main drive is a PATA drive (the device also has an eSATA external port).
We're currently stuck at 2.6.18 with vendor patches for scsi/sata-via, and would love to move to 2.6.22 and libata, but are having problems with the latest sata-via driver for this chipset booting from an IDE drive. I'll contact you separately for this issue (as it's off-topic on this thread).
Thanks,
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