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From: Joshua Kugler <joshua.kugler@uaf.edu>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Cc: Sander <sander@humilis.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jgarzik@pobox.com
Subject: Re: [OT] 8-port AHCI SATA Controller?
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:31:48 -0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200601311231.48988.joshua.kugler@uaf.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060131205954.GJ4215@suse.de>

On Tuesday 31 January 2006 11:59, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 31 2006, Joshua Kugler wrote:
> > On Tuesday 31 January 2006 11:38, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 31 2006, Sander wrote:
> > > > > I got the drivers here:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.keffective.com/mvsata/FC3/
> > > > >
> > > > > The latest was mvSata_Linux_3.6.1.tgz as of 2005-10-13.
> > > >
> > > > I very, very much prefer in-tree drivers :-)
> > >
> > > Actually there is a sata_mv driver in the kernel, however it's pretty
> > > experimental right now. I'm sure it could use testers :-)
> >
> > Interesting.  I understand it going through testing, but why didn't
> > they pull in the mvSata driver referenced above?  It was already GPL.
> > Or did they pull in that driver and just want testing?
>
> Did you look at the driver? I'm guessing no :-)

Yeah, sorry.  I think I looked through some of the code, but not to the level 
of detail you mention.

> Additionally, it didn't interface with libata at all. A native libata
> driver is greatly preferred.

Ah, that makes sense.

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  reply	other threads:[~2006-01-31 21:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-01-31 11:53 [OT] 8-port AHCI SATA Controller? Sander
2006-01-31 16:39 ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-01-31 17:17   ` Sander
2006-01-31 18:30     ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-01-31 18:39       ` Sander
2006-01-31 18:44         ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-01-31 18:50           ` Sander
2006-01-31 18:58             ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-01-31 20:48               ` Roger Heflin
2006-02-01 10:15                 ` Sander
2006-02-01 14:53                   ` Roger Heflin
2006-02-01 10:03               ` Sander
2006-01-31 18:40       ` Joel Jaeggli
2006-01-31 18:51         ` Sander
2006-01-31 18:19 ` Joshua Kugler
2006-01-31 18:56   ` Sander
2006-01-31 19:02     ` Joshua Kugler
2006-02-01 10:18       ` Sander
2006-01-31 20:38     ` Jens Axboe
2006-01-31 20:48       ` Joshua Kugler
2006-01-31 20:59         ` Jens Axboe
2006-01-31 21:31           ` Joshua Kugler [this message]
2006-02-01 16:13   ` Bill Davidsen
2006-02-01 19:15     ` Joshua Kugler

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