linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] libata: PIIX3 support

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Message-id: <45A986F8.3000300@shaw.ca>
Date:	Sat, 13 Jan 2007 19:27:20 -0600
From:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
To:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, jgarzik@...ox.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: PIIX3 support

Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:13:38 +0000, Alan <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> 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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