From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030263AbVHJUxv (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Aug 2005 16:53:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030264AbVHJUxv (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Aug 2005 16:53:51 -0400 Received: from hqemgate03.nvidia.com ([216.228.112.143]:24348 "EHLO HQEMGATE03.nvidia.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030263AbVHJUxv convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Aug 2005 16:53:51 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:53:47 -0700 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: NCQ support NVidia NForce4 (CK804) SATAII Thread-Index: AcWd3zGH0lyb0wvDTLOUUEBviJmdMwADE0HA From: "Allen Martin" To: "Michael Thonke" Cc: "linux mailing-list" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Aug 2005 20:53:47.0535 (UTC) FILETIME=[9A8821F0:01C59DED] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Erm, why they are not willing to support NCQ under Linux...I > mean many > people using NVIDIA based mainboards. And that against that what I > thought NVidia stands for - Linux friendly but seems only that this > statement fit on graficcards? Is there no "responsible" person that > says...Hello, Linux is a growing market that we need to > serve? With full > driver/program support? > Likely the only way nForce4 NCQ support could be added under Linux would be with a closed source binary driver, and no one really wants that, especially for storage / boot volume. We decided it wasn't worth the headache of a binary driver for this one feature. Future nForce chipsets will have a redesigned SATA controller where we can be more open about documenting it. -Allen