linux-kernel - Re: SATA exceptions with 2.6.20-rc5

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Message-Id: <200701230134.57775.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk>
Date:	Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:34:57 +0000
From:	Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@....ed.ac.uk>
To:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
Cc:	Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Chr <chunkeey@....de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, htejun@...il.com,
	jens.axboe@...cle.com, lwalton@...l.com, pomac@...or.com
Subject: Re: SATA exceptions with 2.6.20-rc5

On Tuesday 23 January 2007 01:24, Robert Hancock wrote:
> As a final aside, this is another case where the hardware docs for this
> controller would really be useful, in order to know whether we are
> actually supposed to be reading that register in ADMA mode or not. I
> sent a query to Allen Martin at NVIDIA asking if there's a way I could
> get access to the documents, but I haven't heard anything yet.

Obviously, NVIDIA's response is disappointing, but thank you for putting the 
time in to debug this problem. Definitely sounds like a hardware defect, I'm 
just glad there's a workaround.

Will we see this fix in 2.6.20?

-- 
Cheers,
Alistair.

Final year Computer Science undergraduate.
1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.
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