Re: [PATCH] libata: PIIX3 support

[Robert Hancock]

Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:13:38 +0000, Alan <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This I believe completes the PIIX range of support for libata
> >
> > This adds the table entries needed for the PIIX3, both a new PCI
> > identifier and a new mode list. It also fixes an erroneous access to PCI
> > configuration 0x48 on non UDMA capable chips.
>
> Works fine here on a 430HX box (ASUS T2P4).
> I'm appending kernel messages for boots with the IDE driver and
> with the updated libata driver, in case you want to compare them.
>
> I did notice that ata_piix identified the disk as
> "QUANTUM FIREBALL A5U." when IDE correctly identified it as
> "QUANTUM FIREBALL CR8.4A".

I believe libata truncates the ATA device ID string to fit the max 
allowable for SCSI. The A5U. part is presumably the drive's firmware 
revision.

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