Yes, but only if you manually apply the "libata-passthru" patch.
So, why hasn't that patch got into the kernel?
Because there are several reports of it causing problems, when used on a
loaded system.
Please post more information about these "problems".
I wonder if it might be another occura
Hi, Mark.
Mark Lord wrote:
Tejun,
I'm back from holiday now, and will try your one-liner
in place of the more complex patch I had been using.
(that's what you intended, right?)
Yeap, and if possible, please also try the second large patch. I
wanna make sure it's free of that problem.
Jeff Garzik wrote:
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 06:55:23PM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
Mark Lord wrote:
James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
Google did not help me.
Can I use the kernel libata and do commands like this now? :
hdparm -S60 /dev/sda
Yes, but only if you manually apply the "lib
Erik Slagter wrote:
Hmmm, hdparm -S indeed works now, but smartctl doesn't work yet :-(. I
was silently hoping that would start working as well.
Smartctl wants the "-d ata" option set to speak to libata.
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On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 09:40 -0400, Mark Lord wrote:
> > Can I use the kernel libata and do commands like this now? :
> > hdparm -S60 /dev/sda
>
> Yes, but only if you manually apply the "libata-passthru" patch.
Hmmm, hdparm -S indeed works now, but smartctl doesn't work yet :-(. I
was silently ho
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 06:55:23PM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> Mark Lord wrote:
> >James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> >
> >>Google did not help me.
> >>
> >>Can I use the kernel libata and do commands like this now? :
> >>hdparm -S60 /dev/sda
> >
> >
> >Yes, but only if you manually apply the
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 07:05:33PM +0200, Erik Slagter wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 09:48 -0400, Mark Lord wrote:
> > But there's also a fix for that, again floating around only in private
> > repositories.
>
> Grmbl.
Mark is just working off steam. The "fix" causes leaks, and does
not really
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 10:10:17AM -0400, Mark Lord wrote:
> The PATA ATAPI works now -- perhaps it could be turned on by default
> while efforts continue to implement support for SATA ATAPI devices.
No, PATA ATAPI DMA still needs the same fixes that SATA ATAPI does.
ATAPI is incomplete, the reas
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 09:48:12AM -0400, Mark Lord wrote:
> Erik Slagter wrote:
> >
> >Is there a possibility that dell attaches PATA harddisks using a
> >SATA/PATA converter to the SATA connection of the ICH6M?
>
> That chipset is used in virtually all modern laptops,
> and includes a PATA inter
Mark Lord wrote:
James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
Google did not help me.
Can I use the kernel libata and do commands like this now? :
hdparm -S60 /dev/sda
Yes, but only if you manually apply the "libata-passthru" patch.
The copy (below) works with 2.6.12, and I'm including it here
for the ben
On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 09:48 -0400, Mark Lord wrote:
> The libata code is taking forever to catch up to modern reality,
> mostly because so much of it lives eternally in Jeff's private
> git repository, where only a few people ever exercise the code.
I'd suggest sending some of it to Andy Morton,
> > Google did not help me.
> > Can I use the kernel libata and do commands like this now? :
> > hdparm -S60 /dev/sda
> Yes, but only if you manually apply the "libata-passthru" patch.
>
> The copy (below) works with 2.6.12, and I'm including it here
> for the benefit of the many who aren't yet r
Tejun,
I'm back from holiday now, and will try your one-liner
in place of the more complex patch I had been using.
(that's what you intended, right?)
Should know within a few hours whether it solves this
problem here or not.
cheers
--
Mark Lord
Real-Time Remedies Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tejun
Mark Lord wrote:
Most current laptops ship with a PATA hard drive, and a PATA
ATAPI drive. The easiest way to make them usable under Linux-2.6
is to patch libata and turn on ATAPI support, using ata_piix.
This REALLY ought to be on by default now, Jeff.
Especially since the default is to NOT w
Erik Slagter wrote:
Is there a possibility that dell attaches PATA harddisks using a
SATA/PATA converter to the SATA connection of the ICH6M?
That chipset is used in virtually all modern laptops,
and includes a PATA interface as well as SATA.
Most current laptops ship with a PATA hard drive,
James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
Google did not help me.
Can I use the kernel libata and do commands like this now? :
hdparm -S60 /dev/sda
Yes, but only if you manually apply the "libata-passthru" patch.
The copy (below) works with 2.6.12, and I'm including it here
for the benefit of the many who
Hi,
+cgcr = readl(port_mmio(ap, PDC_GLOBAL_CTL));
I've read that read[bwl]() and write[bwl]() are deprecated and
discouraged in new code and instead ioread{8,16,32}() and
iowrite{8,16,32}() should be used. Is this the case?
BR
I've read Linux Device Drivers 3rd Edition, it d
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