linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SCSI: Add the SGPIO support for sata

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Message-Id: <20070131152136.7d0a05ff.kristen.c.accardi@intel.com>
Date:	Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:21:36 -0800
From:	Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@...el.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Peer Chen <pchen@...dia.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Prakash Punnoor <prakash@...noor.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, Kuan Luo <kluo@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SCSI: Add the SGPIO support for sata_nv.c

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:04:30 -0500
Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote:

> Peer Chen wrote:
> > I didn't get any comment from you guys for new patch, does someone take
> > care this patch, do we still need some modification upon it? Or do we
> > need re-submit it in other thread?
> 
> For my part, it's in my queue of things to review.  I need to figure out 
> the best way to export this support.
> 
> 	Jeff

Adding SGPIO support directly into an individual SATA driver seems to be
a very bad idea since SGPIO is a) a protocol that can be used by many 
different SATA controllers and is not nvidia specific and b) can also
be used by SAS.
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