Re: [RFC] merge 3ware 9xxx driver
On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 02:27:36PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> [2004-06-23 15:22]:
> > I'd like to add 3ware's new SATA RAID driver that is in the upstream
> > BK tree now into kernel-source. the PATA 3ware cards have been a
> > huge success and I'd like to make sure we support them in Sarge.
>
> Sounds good, there are an increasing number of debian-installer
> reports using SATA.
>
> For the next 2.4 update, the SATA drivers should also be updated.
> Herbert backported them from 2.4.27 pre, but they got updated upstream
> since then.
The 3ware driver isn't actually a libata driver, the firmware talks scsi
to the OS.
I haven't looked at 2.4 at all yet as I don't use it anymore personally.
Let's see what we can do there.
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