Re: More Promise chipset specs opened

[otto Meier <gf435@gmx.net>]

Jeff Garzik schrieb:
> otto Meier wrote:
>> Jeff Garzik schrieb:
>>> otto Meier wrote:
>>>> In which controller classes does it belong?
>>>> Promise claims it should  have NCQ  how to enable ?
>>> If it claims NCQ and 3.0Gbps support, I would guess 205xx
>>>
>>>     Jeff
>>>
>> Does this mean, changing :
>>
>>  { PCI_VDEVICE(PROMISE, 0x3d17), board_20319 },
>> to
>>  { PCI_VDEVICE(PROMISE, 0x3d17), board_2057X },
>>
>> in sata_promise.c would do the trick to activate NCQ of this board?
>>
>> Does this hurt?
>> Do I need to do something else to get NCQ working?
>
> Heh, no, a lot more than that...  NCQ is not supported at all in the
> driver.  If someone is looking for a project, the docs are now
> available for them to work on NCQ.
>
I would take it but I am not able to do the programming, but I would
volunteer in testing.

Otto

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