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Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:41:32 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> To: Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca> CC: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Prakash Punnoor <prakash@...noor.de> Subject: Re: SATA status reports update Robert Hancock wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: >> Prakash Punnoor wrote: >>> Well, how would one debug it w/o hw docs? Or is it possible to >>> compare the patch with a working driver for another chipset? >> >> Well, it is based off of the standard ADMA[1] specification, albeit >> with modifications. There is pdc_adma.c, which is also based off >> ADMA. And the author (from NVIDIA) claims that the driver worked at >> one time, so maybe it is simply bit rot that broke the driver. >> >> If I knew the answer, it would be fixed, so the best answer >> unfortunately is "who knows". >> >> I wish I had the time. But I also wish I had a team of programmers >> working on libata, too ;-) > > Do you know exactly what is allegedly broken in that version? I see that > there are some functions which are just "TODO".. I just know it was a working driver at one time. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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