From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756319AbWKVVBm (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:01:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756357AbWKVVBl (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:01:41 -0500 Received: from aun.it.uu.se ([130.238.12.36]:10467 "EHLO aun.it.uu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756311AbWKVVBl (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:01:41 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:00:30 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <200611222100.kAML0UtV010405@alkaid.it.uu.se> From: Mikael Pettersson To: jeff@garzik.org, mikpe@it.uu.se Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc6] sata_promise updates Cc: akpm@osdl.org, davem@davemloft.net, htejun@gmail.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:17:18 -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: >And...... is there any chance you could be talked into working on these >sata_promise to-dos: > >* conversion to new error handling system (grep for 'freeze', 'thaw', >'error_handler', replaces 'phy_reset' and 'eng_timeout') > >* support for ATAPI devices (just need to set up ATAPI commands via the >packet format described in the public docs) > >* support for command queueing > >Command queueing is the most involved task, the others should be >reasonably straightforward. I can try, but be warned that I have near-zero experience with ATA programming. I'll look into new_eh first, and then maybe ATAPI. NCQ most likely requires someone who understands ATA better than me. /Mikael