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libata driver update posted

From:  Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To:  Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, SCSI Mailing List <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject:  libata driver update posted
Date:  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:14:48 -0400
Cc:  Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>

Just updated libata library and associated ata_piix driver with several bug
fixes and internal improvements.  It now works in 2.6 (again).

Next update will add several host drivers, now that the libata API is
settling down.


2.4.21-based patch:
ftp://ftp.??.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.4/2.4.21-libata4.patch.bz2

2.4.21-based BitKeeper repo:
bk://kernel.bkbits.net/jgarzik/atascsi-2.4

2.6.0-test1-based patch:
ftp://ftp.??.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/patchkits/2.6/2.6.0-test1-libata1.patch.bz2

2.6.0-test1-based BitKeeper repo:
bk://kernel.bkbits.net/jgarzik/atascsi-2.5
(yes, "2.5" is not a typo, I haven't changed the name to 2.6 yet)


Remove the ".??" if the file has not appeared on your favorite kernel.org
mirror yet.


Changes:
* beginnings of pluggable timing configuration
* beginnings of cable detection
* much improved ATA device probing
* a bunch of internal improvements and cleanups (too many to list)
* additional of DocBook documentation
* many bug fixes

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