Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-18 Thread Chris Wedgwood
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 09:42:37AM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote: > I also agree and am rather disappointed by this news. > Unfortunately, I've already bought an A8N-SLI. If you can send it back citing the driver issues as the reason. Linux sales are probably a tiny blip on the radar for them so I

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-18 Thread Chris Wedgwood
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 09:42:37AM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote: I also agree and am rather disappointed by this news. Unfortunately, I've already bought an A8N-SLI. If you can send it back citing the driver issues as the reason. Linux sales are probably a tiny blip on the radar for them so I

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-15 Thread Stephen Frost
* Lion Vollnhals ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Am Sonntag, den 14.08.2005, 09:29 -0400 schrieb Willem Riede: > > On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:54:35 +, Allen Martin wrote: > > That is disappointing. I was seriously considering a motherboard with your > > chipset because of its impressive

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-15 Thread Christopher Chan
> Likely the only way nForce4 NCQ support could be added under Linux would > be with a closed source binary driver, and no one really wants that, > especially for storage / boot volume. We decided it wasn't worth the > headache of a binary driver for this one feature. Future nForce > chipsets

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-15 Thread Christopher Chan
Likely the only way nForce4 NCQ support could be added under Linux would be with a closed source binary driver, and no one really wants that, especially for storage / boot volume. We decided it wasn't worth the headache of a binary driver for this one feature. Future nForce chipsets will

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-15 Thread Stephen Frost
* Lion Vollnhals ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Am Sonntag, den 14.08.2005, 09:29 -0400 schrieb Willem Riede: On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:54:35 +, Allen Martin wrote: That is disappointing. I was seriously considering a motherboard with your chipset because of its impressive specifications, but

RE: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-14 Thread Lion Vollnhals
Am Sonntag, den 14.08.2005, 09:29 -0400 schrieb Willem Riede: > On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:54:35 +, Allen Martin wrote: > > > Likely the only way nForce4 NCQ support could be added under Linux would > > be with a closed source binary driver, and no one really wants that, > > especially for

RE: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-14 Thread Willem Riede
On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:54:35 +, Allen Martin wrote: > Likely the only way nForce4 NCQ support could be added under Linux would > be with a closed source binary driver, and no one really wants that, > especially for storage / boot volume. We decided it wasn't worth the > headache of a binary

RE: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-14 Thread Willem Riede
On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:54:35 +, Allen Martin wrote: Likely the only way nForce4 NCQ support could be added under Linux would be with a closed source binary driver, and no one really wants that, especially for storage / boot volume. We decided it wasn't worth the headache of a binary

RE: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-14 Thread Lion Vollnhals
Am Sonntag, den 14.08.2005, 09:29 -0400 schrieb Willem Riede: On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:54:35 +, Allen Martin wrote: Likely the only way nForce4 NCQ support could be added under Linux would be with a closed source binary driver, and no one really wants that, especially for storage / boot

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-12 Thread Andre Tomt
Michael Thonke wrote: Jeff Garzik schrieb: Michael Thonke wrote: There is no other way to use a nearly good chipset for AMD64 cpus. Via's chipsets are really buggy not acceptable, so what else ULi/Ali who cares where to buy? What specifically does not work, on VIA+AMD64 combination,

RE: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-12 Thread Jan Engelhardt
>>From what Allen said, the implication to me is that something >in the current NVIDIA stat NCQ chipset is *not* fully under >NVIDIA's control, ie they got some piece of technology from >someone else and cannot disclose its details, which would be >why the could release a "clean" redesigned one.

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-12 Thread Gábor Lénárt
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 05:39:03PM +0200, Diego Calleja wrote: > HP, Sun & friends seem to use AMD chipsets (AMD64 has a serious lack of ? As far as I know, Ultra20 uses nforce4 chipset at least according to some pdf donwloaded from Sun's site. Also please note that here I would like to have a

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-12 Thread Gábor Lénárt
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 05:39:03PM +0200, Diego Calleja wrote: HP, Sun friends seem to use AMD chipsets (AMD64 has a serious lack of ? As far as I know, Ultra20 uses nforce4 chipset at least according to some pdf donwloaded from Sun's site. Also please note that here I would like to have a

RE: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-12 Thread Jan Engelhardt
From what Allen said, the implication to me is that something in the current NVIDIA stat NCQ chipset is *not* fully under NVIDIA's control, ie they got some piece of technology from someone else and cannot disclose its details, which would be why the could release a clean redesigned one. Bäh.

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-12 Thread Andre Tomt
Michael Thonke wrote: Jeff Garzik schrieb: Michael Thonke wrote: There is no other way to use a nearly good chipset for AMD64 cpus. Via's chipsets are really buggy not acceptable, so what else ULi/Ali who cares where to buy? What specifically does not work, on VIA+AMD64 combination,

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Heikki Orsila
Michael Thonke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > USB works also great for all chipsets :-) Not here. I've had plenty of problems with VIA K8T800 USB, but only with USB mass storage devices: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2915 Otherwise the chipset has worked very well. Only one

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Jeff Garzik schrieb: Michael Thonke wrote: Jeff Garzik schrieb: Please enable ATA_DEBUG and ATA_VERBOSE_DEBUG, and send me the output. I tried that Jeff, but the base problem is on the low-level.. There may be a BIOS problem, but there is no problem with the controller using SATA

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Andi Kleen
Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Michael Thonke wrote: > > There is no other way to use a nearly good chipset for AMD64 cpus. > > Via's chipsets are really buggy not acceptable, so what else ULi/Ali > > who cares where to buy? > > > What specifically does not work, on VIA+AMD64

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Jeff Garzik
Michael Thonke wrote: Jeff Garzik schrieb: Please enable ATA_DEBUG and ATA_VERBOSE_DEBUG, and send me the output. I tried that Jeff, but the base problem is on the low-level.. There may be a BIOS problem, but there is no problem with the controller using SATA II drives. Can you boot

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Lennart Sorensen schrieb: On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 07:38:12PM +0200, Michael Thonke wrote: I have a ASUS A8V Deluxe too, and can't use the AMD X2 processor on it...this is a feature..right? Supposed to run with DualCore but don't post..hm. Well according to Asus you can if you run

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 07:38:12PM +0200, Michael Thonke wrote: > I have a ASUS A8V Deluxe too, and can't use the AMD X2 processor on > it...this is a feature..right? > Supposed to run with DualCore but don't post..hm. Well according to Asus you can if you run BIOS 1013 or 1014 on the board.

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Jeff Garzik schrieb: Michael Thonke wrote: I have a ASUS A8V Deluxe too, and can't use the AMD X2 processor on it...this is a feature..right? Supposed to run with DualCore but don't post..hm. What does ASUS say about this? You can't just plug a new processor into an old motherboard and

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 07:44:49PM +0200, Michael Thonke wrote: > AMD X2 DualCore? If you buy me one I will try it. :) > Yes, Marvell, Silicon Image no problem as they provide OpenSource drivers. > On a normal setup is nearly everything okay. > > I hold up a hardware testlab to find b**

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Jeff Garzik
Michael Thonke wrote: I have a ASUS A8V Deluxe too, and can't use the AMD X2 processor on it...this is a feature..right? Supposed to run with DualCore but don't post..hm. What does ASUS say about this? You can't just plug a new processor into an old motherboard and expect it to work,

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Lennart Sorensen schrieb: On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 01:20:56PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: What specifically does not work, on VIA+AMD64 combination, under Linux? My Athlon64 with VIA chipset works great. Mine does too. Asus A8V Deluxe. No problems so far. Everything on the board I

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Jeff Garzik schrieb: Michael Thonke wrote: There is no other way to use a nearly good chipset for AMD64 cpus. Via's chipsets are really buggy not acceptable, so what else ULi/Ali who cares where to buy? What specifically does not work, on VIA+AMD64 combination, under Linux? I have a

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 01:20:56PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > What specifically does not work, on VIA+AMD64 combination, under Linux? > > My Athlon64 with VIA chipset works great. Mine does too. Asus A8V Deluxe. No problems so far. Everything on the board I have tried just works. Can't say

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Jeff Garzik
Michael Thonke wrote: There is no other way to use a nearly good chipset for AMD64 cpus. Via's chipsets are really buggy not acceptable, so what else ULi/Ali who cares where to buy? What specifically does not work, on VIA+AMD64 combination, under Linux? My Athlon64 with VIA chipset works

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Roger Heflin schrieb: For high end stuff Serverworks is supposed to have some AMD stuff soon (this is rumor I heard). If there where some pieces for desktop from AMD orignially I would take them..but they don't offer...that's the point...to cry. Like Intel offer ..Intel CPU + Intel

RE: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Roger Heflin
:44 AM > To: Lee Revell > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Allen Martin; linux mailing-list > Subject: Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII > > Lee Revell schrieb: > > >On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 17:17 +0200, Michael Thonke wrote: > > > > > >>*frustrated* &

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Lee Revell schrieb: On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 17:17 +0200, Michael Thonke wrote: *frustrated* Hey I don't like it any more than you do. But Nvidia is an IP company and they act like one. Most of us would probably do the exact same thing in their position, AKA whatever the lawyers tell

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Diego Calleja
El Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:17:59 +0200, Michael Thonke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > There is no other way to use a nearly good chipset for AMD64 cpus. > Via's chipsets are really buggy not acceptable, so what else ULi/Ali who > cares where to buy? HP, Sun & friends seem to use AMD chipsets

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Lee Revell schrieb: On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 09:09 +0200, Gábor Lénárt wrote: I want to buy a new system including motherboard with some Athlon64 CPU. I was told that nforce4 chipset is the "right" choice. However I'm using *only* Linux Who told you that? Some Windows user? (1.)

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Lee Revell
On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 17:17 +0200, Michael Thonke wrote: > *frustrated* Hey I don't like it any more than you do. But Nvidia is an IP company and they act like one. Most of us would probably do the exact same thing in their position, AKA whatever the lawyers tell them ;-) Lee - To unsubscribe

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Allen Martin schrieb: Erm, why they are not willing to support NCQ under Linux...I mean many people using NVIDIA based mainboards. And that against that what I thought NVidia stands for - Linux friendly but seems only that this statement fit on graficcards? Is there no "responsible" person

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Lee Revell
On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 09:09 +0200, Gábor Lénárt wrote: > I want to buy a new system including > motherboard with some Athlon64 CPU. I was told that nforce4 chipset is > the "right" choice. However I'm using *only* Linux Who told you that? Some Windows user? It's common knowledge that Nvidia is

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Gábor Lénárt
Hello, Hmm, I can't understand this. I want to buy a new system including motherboard with some Athlon64 CPU. I was told that nforce4 chipset is the "right" choice. However I'm using *only* Linux (well, sometimes BSDs, Solaris and such) and I have *never* had windows installed on any of my

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Gábor Lénárt
Hello, Hmm, I can't understand this. I want to buy a new system including motherboard with some Athlon64 CPU. I was told that nforce4 chipset is the right choice. However I'm using *only* Linux (well, sometimes BSDs, Solaris and such) and I have *never* had windows installed on any of my

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Lee Revell
On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 09:09 +0200, Gábor Lénárt wrote: I want to buy a new system including motherboard with some Athlon64 CPU. I was told that nforce4 chipset is the right choice. However I'm using *only* Linux Who told you that? Some Windows user? It's common knowledge that Nvidia is not

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Allen Martin schrieb: Erm, why they are not willing to support NCQ under Linux...I mean many people using NVIDIA based mainboards. And that against that what I thought NVidia stands for - Linux friendly but seems only that this statement fit on graficcards? Is there no responsible person

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Lee Revell
On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 17:17 +0200, Michael Thonke wrote: *frustrated* Hey I don't like it any more than you do. But Nvidia is an IP company and they act like one. Most of us would probably do the exact same thing in their position, AKA whatever the lawyers tell them ;-) Lee - To unsubscribe

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Lee Revell schrieb: On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 09:09 +0200, Gábor Lénárt wrote: I want to buy a new system including motherboard with some Athlon64 CPU. I was told that nforce4 chipset is the right choice. However I'm using *only* Linux Who told you that? Some Windows user? (1.)

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Diego Calleja
El Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:17:59 +0200, Michael Thonke [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: There is no other way to use a nearly good chipset for AMD64 cpus. Via's chipsets are really buggy not acceptable, so what else ULi/Ali who cares where to buy? HP, Sun friends seem to use AMD chipsets (AMD64 has

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Lee Revell schrieb: On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 17:17 +0200, Michael Thonke wrote: *frustrated* Hey I don't like it any more than you do. But Nvidia is an IP company and they act like one. Most of us would probably do the exact same thing in their position, AKA whatever the lawyers tell

RE: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Roger Heflin
PROTECTED]; Allen Martin; linux mailing-list Subject: Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII Lee Revell schrieb: On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 17:17 +0200, Michael Thonke wrote: *frustrated* Hey I don't like it any more than you do. But Nvidia is an IP company and they act

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Roger Heflin schrieb: For high end stuff Serverworks is supposed to have some AMD stuff soon (this is rumor I heard). If there where some pieces for desktop from AMD orignially I would take them..but they don't offer...that's the point...to cry. Like Intel offer ..Intel CPU + Intel

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Jeff Garzik
Michael Thonke wrote: There is no other way to use a nearly good chipset for AMD64 cpus. Via's chipsets are really buggy not acceptable, so what else ULi/Ali who cares where to buy? What specifically does not work, on VIA+AMD64 combination, under Linux? My Athlon64 with VIA chipset works

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 01:20:56PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: What specifically does not work, on VIA+AMD64 combination, under Linux? My Athlon64 with VIA chipset works great. Mine does too. Asus A8V Deluxe. No problems so far. Everything on the board I have tried just works. Can't say my

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Jeff Garzik schrieb: Michael Thonke wrote: There is no other way to use a nearly good chipset for AMD64 cpus. Via's chipsets are really buggy not acceptable, so what else ULi/Ali who cares where to buy? What specifically does not work, on VIA+AMD64 combination, under Linux? I have a

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Lennart Sorensen schrieb: On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 01:20:56PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: What specifically does not work, on VIA+AMD64 combination, under Linux? My Athlon64 with VIA chipset works great. Mine does too. Asus A8V Deluxe. No problems so far. Everything on the board I

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 07:44:49PM +0200, Michael Thonke wrote: AMD X2 DualCore? If you buy me one I will try it. :) Yes, Marvell, Silicon Image no problem as they provide OpenSource drivers. On a normal setup is nearly everything okay. I hold up a hardware testlab to find b**

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Jeff Garzik
Michael Thonke wrote: I have a ASUS A8V Deluxe too, and can't use the AMD X2 processor on it...this is a feature..right? Supposed to run with DualCore but don't post..hm. What does ASUS say about this? You can't just plug a new processor into an old motherboard and expect it to work,

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Jeff Garzik schrieb: Michael Thonke wrote: I have a ASUS A8V Deluxe too, and can't use the AMD X2 processor on it...this is a feature..right? Supposed to run with DualCore but don't post..hm. What does ASUS say about this? You can't just plug a new processor into an old motherboard and

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 07:38:12PM +0200, Michael Thonke wrote: I have a ASUS A8V Deluxe too, and can't use the AMD X2 processor on it...this is a feature..right? Supposed to run with DualCore but don't post..hm. Well according to Asus you can if you run BIOS 1013 or 1014 on the board. Any

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Lennart Sorensen schrieb: On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 07:38:12PM +0200, Michael Thonke wrote: I have a ASUS A8V Deluxe too, and can't use the AMD X2 processor on it...this is a feature..right? Supposed to run with DualCore but don't post..hm. Well according to Asus you can if you run

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Jeff Garzik
Michael Thonke wrote: Jeff Garzik schrieb: Please enable ATA_DEBUG and ATA_VERBOSE_DEBUG, and send me the output. I tried that Jeff, but the base problem is on the low-level.. There may be a BIOS problem, but there is no problem with the controller using SATA II drives. Can you boot

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Andi Kleen
Jeff Garzik [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Michael Thonke wrote: There is no other way to use a nearly good chipset for AMD64 cpus. Via's chipsets are really buggy not acceptable, so what else ULi/Ali who cares where to buy? What specifically does not work, on VIA+AMD64 combination, under

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Michael Thonke
Jeff Garzik schrieb: Michael Thonke wrote: Jeff Garzik schrieb: Please enable ATA_DEBUG and ATA_VERBOSE_DEBUG, and send me the output. I tried that Jeff, but the base problem is on the low-level.. There may be a BIOS problem, but there is no problem with the controller using SATA

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-11 Thread Heikki Orsila
Michael Thonke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: USB works also great for all chipsets :-) Not here. I've had plenty of problems with VIA K8T800 USB, but only with USB mass storage devices: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2915 Otherwise the chipset has worked very well. Only one

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-10 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 01:53:47PM -0700, Allen Martin wrote: > Likely the only way nForce4 NCQ support could be added under Linux would > be with a closed source binary driver, and no one really wants that, > especially for storage / boot volume. We decided it wasn't worth the > headache of a

RE: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-10 Thread Allen Martin
> Erm, why they are not willing to support NCQ under Linux...I > mean many > people using NVIDIA based mainboards. And that against that what I > thought NVidia stands for - Linux friendly but seems only that this > statement fit on graficcards? Is there no "responsible" person that >

RE: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-10 Thread Allen Martin
> > Ask NVIDIA. They are the only company that gives me -zero- > > information on their SATA controllers. > > I thought of that.. *sigh* NVIDIA won't be documenting nForce4 SATA controllers, so Linux NCQ support for nForce4 is unlikely. I'm hoping this will change with future products. > >

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-10 Thread Michael Thonke
Jeff Garzik schrieb: Ask NVIDIA. They are the only company that gives me -zero- information on their SATA controllers. Hello again, Jeff, did you found any informations about NForce4 SATA Controller? I found a Product Brief/Specification and a Blockdiagramm. Also found out that the CK804

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-10 Thread Michael Thonke
Jeff Garzik schrieb: Michael Thonke wrote: Hello Jeff, I would like to ask what the plans/timeplan to implement NCQ support for NVidia NForce4(CK804) SATAII based chipsets? Fact is that is it possible to use NCQ with NForce4 SATAII on Windows system, I wonder why it isn't support by

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-10 Thread Jeff Garzik
Michael Thonke wrote: Hello Jeff, I would like to ask what the plans/timeplan to implement NCQ support for NVidia NForce4(CK804) SATAII based chipsets? Fact is that is it possible to use NCQ with NForce4 SATAII on Windows system, I wonder why it isn't support by libata? Is there something in

NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-10 Thread Michael Thonke
Hello Jeff, I would like to ask what the plans/timeplan to implement NCQ support for NVidia NForce4(CK804) SATAII based chipsets? Fact is that is it possible to use NCQ with NForce4 SATAII on Windows system, I wonder why it isn't support by libata? Is there something in your git-tree? Or what

NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-10 Thread Michael Thonke
Hello Jeff, I would like to ask what the plans/timeplan to implement NCQ support for NVidia NForce4(CK804) SATAII based chipsets? Fact is that is it possible to use NCQ with NForce4 SATAII on Windows system, I wonder why it isn't support by libata? Is there something in your git-tree? Or what

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-10 Thread Jeff Garzik
Michael Thonke wrote: Hello Jeff, I would like to ask what the plans/timeplan to implement NCQ support for NVidia NForce4(CK804) SATAII based chipsets? Fact is that is it possible to use NCQ with NForce4 SATAII on Windows system, I wonder why it isn't support by libata? Is there something in

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-10 Thread Michael Thonke
Jeff Garzik schrieb: Michael Thonke wrote: Hello Jeff, I would like to ask what the plans/timeplan to implement NCQ support for NVidia NForce4(CK804) SATAII based chipsets? Fact is that is it possible to use NCQ with NForce4 SATAII on Windows system, I wonder why it isn't support by

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-10 Thread Michael Thonke
Jeff Garzik schrieb: Ask NVIDIA. They are the only company that gives me -zero- information on their SATA controllers. Hello again, Jeff, did you found any informations about NForce4 SATA Controller? I found a Product Brief/Specification and a Blockdiagramm. Also found out that the CK804

RE: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-10 Thread Allen Martin
Ask NVIDIA. They are the only company that gives me -zero- information on their SATA controllers. I thought of that.. *sigh* NVIDIA won't be documenting nForce4 SATA controllers, so Linux NCQ support for nForce4 is unlikely. I'm hoping this will change with future products. As such,

RE: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-10 Thread Allen Martin
Erm, why they are not willing to support NCQ under Linux...I mean many people using NVIDIA based mainboards. And that against that what I thought NVidia stands for - Linux friendly but seems only that this statement fit on graficcards? Is there no responsible person that says...Hello,

Re: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII

2005-08-10 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 01:53:47PM -0700, Allen Martin wrote: Likely the only way nForce4 NCQ support could be added under Linux would be with a closed source binary driver, and no one really wants that, especially for storage / boot volume. We decided it wasn't worth the headache of a binary