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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c | 36 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c b/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c index 8c1f06a3c8fd..3ead02fe379e 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c +++ b/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c @@ -10,13 +10,33 @@ * right. Documentation is available at initio's website but it only * documents registers (not programming model). * - * - ATA disks work. - * - Hotplug works. - * - ATAPI read works but burning doesn't. This thing is really - * peculiar about ATAPI and I couldn't figure out how ATAPI PIO and - * ATAPI DMA WRITE should be programmed. If you've got a clue, be - * my guest. - * - Both STR and STD work. + * This driver has interesting history. The first version was written + * from the documentation and a 2.4 IDE driver posted on a Taiwan + * company, which didn't use any IDMA features and couldn't handle + * LBA48. The resulting driver couldn't handle LBA48 devices either + * making it pretty useless. + * + * After a while, initio picked the driver up, renamed it to + * sata_initio162x, updated it to use IDMA for ATA DMA commands and + * posted it on their website. It only used ATA_PROT_DMA for IDMA and + * attaching both devices and issuing IDMA and !IDMA commands + * simultaneously broke it due to PIRQ masking interaction but it did + * show how to use the IDMA (ADMA + some initio specific twists) + * engine. + * + * Then, I picked up their changes again and here's the usable driver + * which uses IDMA for everything. Everything works now including + * LBA48, CD/DVD burning, suspend/resume and hotplug. There are some + * issues tho. Result Tf is not resported properly, NCQ isn't + * supported yet and CD/DVD writing works with DMA assisted PIO + * protocol (which, for native SATA devices, shouldn't cause any + * noticeable difference). + * + * Anyways, so, here's finally a working driver for inic162x. Enjoy! + * + * initio: If you guys wanna improve the driver regarding result TF + * access and other stuff, please feel free to contact me. I'll be + * happy to assist. */ #include <linux/kernel.h> @@ -28,7 +48,7 @@ #include <scsi/scsi_device.h> #define DRV_NAME "sata_inic162x" -#define DRV_VERSION "0.3" +#define DRV_VERSION "0.4" enum { MMIO_BAR_PCI = 5, |