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

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On 11/3/05, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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?

> And To Add
> - Specify PCI bus speed
> - HPA
> - IRQ mask
> - PIO only LBA48
> - Serialize
> - CRC downspeed
> - Mixed legacy/native mode (most work done)
>
> Drivers so far written for the libata parallel work I'm doing

Are the patches available somewhere?

> ALI
> Driver written with equivalent support to the drivers/ide one. Needs
> core changes for LBA48 PIO only
>
> 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.

> CS5520
> Driver written, some debug work to do. Works unlike the drivers/ide one

Please fix drivers/ide also if not a big problem.

> HPT34X
> Driver written, functionality same as drivers/ide. Needs more testing.

Same comment as for AMD.

> Serverworks
> Written, equivalent functionality to drivers/ide plus some bugs fixed

Ditto.  Also please backport fixes to drivers/ide.

Thanks,
Bartlomiej
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