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Re: libata in 2.4.24?

From:  Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti-AT-cyclades.com>
To:  Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti-AT-cyclades.com>
Subject:  Re: libata in 2.4.24?
Date:  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 08:43:36 -0200 (BRST)
Cc:  Samuel Flory <sflory-AT-rackable.com>, <linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik-AT-pobox.com>



On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

> 
> 
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, Samuel Flory wrote:
> 
> >    Are you considering including libata support for 2.4.24?  From my 
> > testing with a number of different embedded sata chipsets (mostly ICH, 
> > SI, and Promise) it appears very stable.  I'm not seeing any data 
> > corruption or lockups when running Cerberus with 2.4.23-rc5 + libata 
> > patch.  The only troubles I've had were with initialization of embedded 
> > promise sata controllers. (I still need to test with Jeff's latest fixes 
> > for this.)
> 
> I'm happy to include it in 2.4 when Jeff thinks its stable enough for a 
> stable series. ;)

I thought a bit more about this issue and I have a different opinion now.

2.6 is getting more and more stable and already includes libata --- users 
who need it should use 2.6.



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