From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Julian Calaby Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparc64: sparc64_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 09:18:59 +1000 Message-ID: References: <1467030232-10027-1-git-send-email-b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> <6e328063b70b3fe60b4dd962c1616260@triadic.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from mail-io0-f177.google.com ([209.85.223.177]:35192 "EHLO mail-io0-f177.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751874AbcF0XTc (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Jun 2016 19:19:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: <6e328063b70b3fe60b4dd962c1616260@triadic.us> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: alexmcwhirter@triadic.us Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , sparclinux , "David S. Miller" , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , sparclinux-owner@vger.kernel.org Hi Alex, On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 2:38 AM, wrote: > On 2016-06-27 08:23, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > >> If you have affected hardware please test. Thank you. > > > For what it's worth, I've been using libata on sparc64 for roughly two years > with no issues to report. All of my PATA machines have ALI controllers, not > sure if any other controllers were ever used in sparc gear. The Ultra 5 uses a CMD64x controller. That said, last time I tried to get that machine working, I couldn't partition the disk due to bugs in that driver. I believe the Ultra 10 uses the same motherboard so it's likely also affected. I believe these were in the first generation of "PC" like SPARC workstations. Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@gmail.com Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Julian Calaby Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 23:18:59 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparc64: sparc64_defconfig: convert to use libata PATA drivers Message-Id: List-Id: References: <1467030232-10027-1-git-send-email-b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> <6e328063b70b3fe60b4dd962c1616260@triadic.us> In-Reply-To: <6e328063b70b3fe60b4dd962c1616260@triadic.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: alexmcwhirter@triadic.us Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , sparclinux , "David S. Miller" , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , sparclinux-owner@vger.kernel.org Hi Alex, On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 2:38 AM, wrote: > On 2016-06-27 08:23, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > >> If you have affected hardware please test. Thank you. > > > For what it's worth, I've been using libata on sparc64 for roughly two years > with no issues to report. All of my PATA machines have ALI controllers, not > sure if any other controllers were ever used in sparc gear. The Ultra 5 uses a CMD64x controller. That said, last time I tried to get that machine working, I couldn't partition the disk due to bugs in that driver. I believe the Ultra 10 uses the same motherboard so it's likely also affected. I believe these were in the first generation of "PC" like SPARC workstations. Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@gmail.com Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/