Re: [PATCH] pata_it821x: Driver updates and reworking

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On Thursday 24 July 2008, Alan Cox wrote:
> - Add support for the RDC 1010 variant
> - Rework the core library to have a read_id method. This allows the hacky
> bits of it821x to go and prepares us for pata_hd
> - Switch from WARN to BUG in ata_id_string as it will reboot if you get
> it wrong so WARN won't be seen
> - Allow the issue of command 0xFC on the 821x. This is needed to query
> rebuild status.
> - Tidy up printk formatting
> - Do more ident rewriting on RAID volumes to handle firmware provided
> ident data which is rather wonky
> - Report the firmware revision and device layout in RAID mode
> - Don't try and disable raid on the 8211 or RDC - they don't have the
> relevant bits
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks interesting, do you plan on porting it to ide/pci/it821x later?

PS a bit of shame that this is not splitted on patches with smaller
granularity (would make review/merging work far more effective)

Thanks,
Bart
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