From: Ruth Ivimey-Cook <Ruth.Ivimey-Cook@ivimey.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Update COnfigure.help for PDC202 options
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 20:39:48 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0307112038070.18477-200000@sharra.ivimey.org> (raw)
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Folks,
I have updated the help for the Promise controller cards to match the code
and provide a bit more information.
Enjoy.
Ruth
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Ruth Ivimey-Cook
Software engineer and technical writer.
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--- Documentation/Configure.help.orig 2003-07-11 19:40:17.000000000 +0100
+++ Documentation/Configure.help 2003-07-11 20:37:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -1229,20 +1229,23 @@
If unsure, say N.
-PROMISE PDC20246/PDC20262/PDC20265/PDC20267/PDC20268 support
+PROMISE PDC20246/PDC20262/PDC20265/PDC20267 support
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD
- Promise Ultra33 or PDC20246
- Promise Ultra66 or PDC20262
- Promise Ultra100 or PDC20265/PDC20267/PDC20268
+ Promise Ultra 33 [PDC20246]
+ Promise Ultra 66 [PDC20262]
+ Promise FastTrak 66 [PDC20263]
+ Promise MB Ultra 100 [PDC20265]
+ Promise Ultra 100 [PDC20267]
This driver adds up to 4 more EIDE devices sharing a single
- interrupt. This add-on card is a bootable PCI UDMA controller. Since
+ interrupt. This device is a bootable PCI UDMA controller. Since
multiple cards can be installed and there are BIOS ROM problems that
- happen if the BIOS revisions of all installed cards (three-max) do
+ happen if the BIOS revisions of all installed cards (max of three) do
not match, the driver attempts to do dynamic tuning of the chipset
- at boot-time for max-speed. Ultra33 BIOS 1.25 or newer is required
+ at boot-time for max speed. Ultra33 BIOS 1.25 or newer is required
for more than one card. This card may require that you say Y to
- "Special UDMA Feature".
+ "Special UDMA Feature" to force UDMA mode for connected UDMA capable
+ disk drives.
If you say Y here, you need to say Y to "Use DMA by default when
available" as well.
@@ -1252,7 +1255,30 @@
If unsure, say N.
-Special UDMA Feature
+PROMISE PDC202{68|69|70|71|75|76|77} support
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW
+ Promise Ultra 100 TX2 [PDC20268]
+ Promise Ultra 133 PTX2 [PDC20269]
+ Promise FastTrak LP/TX2/TX4 [PDC20270]
+ Promise FastTrak TX2000 [PDC20271]
+ Promise MB Ultra 133 [PDC20275]
+ Promise MB FastTrak 133 [PDC20276]
+ Promise FastTrak 133 [PDC20277]
+
+ This driver adds up to 4 more EIDE devices sharing a single
+ interrupt. This device is a bootable PCI UDMA controller. Since
+ multiple cards can be installed and there are BIOS ROM problems that
+ happen if the BIOS revisions of all installed cards (max of five) do
+ not match, the driver attempts to do dynamic tuning of the chipset
+ at boot-time for max speed. Ultra33 BIOS 1.25 or newer is required
+ for more than one card.
+
+ If you say Y here, you need to say Y to "Use DMA by default when
+ available" as well.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
+Override-Enable UDMA for Promise Controllers
CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST
This option causes the pdc202xx driver to enable UDMA modes on the
PDC202xx even when the PDC202xx BIOS has not done so.
@@ -1262,14 +1288,24 @@
used successfully on a PDC20265/Ultra100, allowing use of UDMA modes
when the PDC20265 BIOS has been disabled (for faster boot up).
- Please read the comments at the top of
- <file:drivers/ide/pci/pdc202xx_old.c>.
-
If unsure, say N.
-Special FastTrak Feature
+Use FastTrak RAID capable device as plain IDE controller
CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE
- For FastTrak enable overriding BIOS.
+ Setting this option causes the kernel to use your Promise IDE disk
+ controller as an ordinary IDE controller, rather than as a FastTrak
+ RAID controller. RAID is a system for using multiple physical disks
+ as one virtual disk.
+
+ You need to say Y here if you have a PDC20276 IDE interface but either
+ you do not have a RAID disk array, or you wish to use the Linux
+ internal RAID software (/dev/mdX).
+
+ You need to say N here if you wish to use your Promise controller to
+ control a FastTrak RAID disk array, and you you must also say Y to
+ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC.
+
+ If unsure, say Y.
SiS5513 chipset support
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513
next reply other threads:[~2003-07-11 19:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-07-11 19:39 Ruth Ivimey-Cook [this message]
2003-07-11 20:49 ` [PATCH] 2.5.75-bk update help texts for PDC202 (was [PATCH] Update COnfigure.help for PDC202 options) Steven Cole
2003-07-12 0:00 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2003-07-12 1:10 ` Ruth Ivimey-Cook
2003-07-12 15:18 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2003-07-12 16:48 ` Ruth Ivimey-Cook
2003-07-12 0:11 ` Ruth Ivimey-Cook
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