Hi Rainer
Rainer Koenig wrote:
Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
8) The DMA pad code is very buggy. It uses the dma_map_single() to
map a buffer, but never synchronizes nor flushes the buffer. This can
and will lead to data corruption, particularly on x86-64 platform.
That's very bad
Hi Simon,
Simon Oosthoek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Unfortunately I'm not able to check the logic of the driver, because
> although I can read C, I'm totally unfamiliar with the disk controler
> logic in the kernel...
Well, today I've spent some time in looking at the SiS driver and compared
Jeff Garzik wrote:
Although I have not updated it in several weeks, folks may wish to refer
to the hardware status report as well:
http://linux.yyz.us/sata/sata-status.html
Jeff, is it possible for you at this time to comment on support for the
JMicron JMB360 sataII chip? Possible timef
Mogens Valentin wrote:
Jeff, is it possible for you at this time to comment on support for the
JMicron JMB360 sataII chip? Possible timeframe?
Never heard of it.
Jeff
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Hi Jeff,
Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Here is a list of problems with the patch. I'll paste this into the
> bug as well:
[Lot of interesting issues]
> 8) The DMA pad code is very buggy. It uses the dma_map_single() to
> map a buffer, but never synchronizes nor flushes the buffer.
Simon Oosthoek wrote:
I know Mandriva is on the ball and a bug with some information and an
updated patch is on the kernel bugme...
http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17654
http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4192
I'd say it's important to get some proper fix in a distribution soon (so
Jeff Garzik wrote:
Yes, that's why I have resisted the "just add the PCI ID" patches that
have cropped up.
SiS submitted patches that duplicated portions of libata inside their
driver, rather than simply fixing libata as would be proper.
So we are stuck in the middle :(
Someone needs to wo
Rainer Koenig wrote:
Hi Simon,
Simon Oosthoek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I'm wondering how the support for the SIS 182 controller is doing, I
noticed they have a GPL driver on their website for kernel 2.6.10,
which is not a drop in replacement for sata_sis.c in 2.6.12.5, I
haven't tried comp
Hi Simon,
Simon Oosthoek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm wondering how the support for the SIS 182 controller is doing, I
> noticed they have a GPL driver on their website for kernel 2.6.10,
> which is not a drop in replacement for sata_sis.c in 2.6.12.5, I
> haven't tried compiling it as an ad
Jeff Garzik wrote:
Things in SATA-land have been moving along recently, so I updated the
software status report:
http://linux.yyz.us/sata/software-status.html
Although I have not updated it in several weeks, folks may wish to refer
to the hardware status report as well:
http://lin
On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 17:30 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>Things in SATA-land have been moving along recently, so I updated the
> >>software status report:
> >>
> >>http://linux.yyz.us/sata/software-status.html
> >
> >
Mogens Valentin wrote:
Jeff Garzik wrote:
Things in SATA-land have been moving along recently, so I updated the
software status report:
http://linux.yyz.us/sata/software-status.html
>> Queueing support, NCQ:
>> #3 will be supported by libata, for all hardware and devices that
>> s
Daniel J Blueman wrote:
As stability is a concern, why not get the ATA passthru work in
sooner, then follow up with the SMART support after the passthru code
has had time to mature?
SMART support == passthru.
Jeff
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Matthew Garrett wrote:
Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Things in SATA-land have been moving along recently, so I updated the
software status report:
http://linux.yyz.us/sata/software-status.html
I couldn't see any reference to system-wide power management (ie,
suspend/resume
Jeff Garzik wrote:
Things in SATA-land have been moving along recently, so I updated the
software status report:
http://linux.yyz.us/sata/software-status.html
>> Queueing support, NCQ:
>> #3 will be supported by libata, for all hardware and devices that
>> support NCQ.
I guess this mea
Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> True enough :/
>
> It's been feature-complete for a while, but the reports from testers
> in the field have made me too nervous to push it into the upstream
> kernel.
>
> I might push it upstream, but disable it by default, which would allow
> for a wider test audience.
Cou
On 08/12/05 01:09, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Things in SATA-land have been moving along recently, so I updated the
> software status report:
>
> http://linux.yyz.us/sata/software-status.html
Good write up. I like the simplicity of error handling.
Thumbs up!
Luben
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On 08/12/05 01:09, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Things in SATA-land have been moving along recently, so I updated the
> software status report:
>
> http://linux.yyz.us/sata/software-status.html
>
> Although I have not updated it in several weeks, folks may wish to refer
> to the hardware status r
Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Things in SATA-land have been moving along recently, so I updated the
> software status report:
>
> http://linux.yyz.us/sata/software-status.html
I couldn't see any reference to system-wide power management (ie,
suspend/resume of machines with SA
As stability is a concern, why not get the ATA passthru work in
sooner, then follow up with the SMART support after the passthru code
has had time to mature?
IMHO, the passthru work is good value alone, as there is currently no
way to adjust various parameters (AM, spindown time, ...) of SATA
disk
Rob van Nieuwkerk wrote:
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 01:09:12 -0400
Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Jeff,
Things in SATA-land have been moving along recently, so I updated the
software status report:
http://linux.yyz.us/sata/software-status.html
Is any progress made on SMART su
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 01:09:12 -0400
Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Jeff,
> Things in SATA-land have been moving along recently, so I updated the
> software status report:
>
> http://linux.yyz.us/sata/software-status.html
Is any progress made on SMART support ?
I've been reading
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