From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933159AbXBFSHv (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:07:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933177AbXBFSHv (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:07:51 -0500 Received: from web38515.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([209.191.125.61]:31257 "HELO web38515.mail.mud.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S933159AbXBFSHu (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:07:50 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=rCYD5ROmpjAU1rMljm3HTWTiMznLeDc4uZiX1rEFiTj+m6vIrk1sIrTuiJ6PpZDQWYpQXQnIXla0Am9dTVMOt8Y+yL68MDoJsHfFojt1/uXQPrlSviAY7V7KntlQrXUmMkKzDfrPsUkOd77jOSIQo+6bror6nCL+SxQZX7YQPrs=; X-YMail-OSG: QYGBSjYVM1lBlK7bbWldznFMA5mWi7dP.bPuSkplU.VO0cBV9cgckb1rQTO_vWqP8iTb1ieQdqE9DBbEHXLyT265t4ZUYY2352cZ_3ugav.7HYh79eAT8A-- Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 10:07:50 -0800 (PST) From: Levitsky Maxim Subject: Re: Question: Status of marvell's PATA 88SE6101 controller on intel boards To: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20070206174428.7ca93476@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-ID: <223870.54188.qm@web38515.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --- Alan wrote: > > I also noticed that 2.6.20 adds experimentally support for that chip. > > But driver says that it enables it via 'legacy mode' > > Yes. > > > I will be glad to hear whenever full support is planned or not. > > At the moment it is not, but it may be a neccessary side effect of full > support for the later SATA capable controllers in native SATA mode. In > which case you might get it one day. > > The legacy mode is itself as good as most typical PATA controllers and > better than some. And I don't need anything better , just normal recording on my PATA DVD writer. I now have very old system and still DVD recording works fine , so I don't need anything more than that > > > > And as last thing I want to ask you whenever current support is usable, > > that is can I use DMA , can I use DVD as at least reader for CD/DVD , > > and even better can I burn disks with it ( although I can live without it) > > The legacy mode has full DMA support. What you don't get is the ability > to queue multiple commands so the hardware can fire off a new command as > the first completes and to have the hardware do some of the general > poking around for us. So that means that DVD-writer will work too ? > > Alan > Thank you very much, I didn't expect so quick response. Thank you, kernel developers for so great kernel. Maxim Levitsky ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/