Re: [PATCH 2/4] hpt366: MWDMA filter for SATA cards

[Sergei Shtylyov]

Hello, I wrote:

   The patch was 4/4 of course. :-<
    Probably I was too esctatic about the code. ;-)

> The Marvell bridge chips used on HighPoint SATA cards do not seem to support
> the MWDMA modes (at least that caould be seen in their so-called drivers :-),
> so the driver needs to account for this -- to achieve this:

> - add mdma_filter() method from the original patch by Bartlomiej Zolnierkewicz
>   with his consent, also adding the method callout to ide_rate_filter();

> - installed the method for all chips to only return empty mask if a SATA drive
>   is detected onHPT372{AN]/374 chips...

> Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> This patch against the current Linus' tree and unfortunately I was able to only
> compile test it since that tree gives MODPOST warning and dies early on bootup.
> Will hopefully try to test if/when I have time... :-)

> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  /*
> - * linux/drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c		Version 1.12	Aug 25, 2007
> + * linux/drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c		Version 1.13	Aug 22, 2007

   Errr... and version shuold Aug 02 -- thought I've fixed that. :-/

MBR, Sergei
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