On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:09:48 +0100 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [PATCH] pata_pdc202xx_old: document known issues > > Document known issues with the driver to aid distribution makers, > users and developers in making informed decisions instead of wasting > their time needlessly. > > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/ata/Kconfig | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > Index: b/drivers/ata/Kconfig > =================================================================== > --- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig > @@ -583,6 +583,10 @@ config PATA_PDC_OLD > This option enables support for the Promise 20246, 20262, 20263, > 20265 and 20267 adapters. > > + Known issues: > + - UDMA transfers fail mysteriously on some chipsets > + - ATAPI DMA is unsupported currently Not sure this is useful, because the reports of UDMA failures are lower than most other reports. Should IPV6 have "known issues, mysterious timer list corruption" for example which occurs far more. Not do we list 'no atapi dma' in the help for the IDE SII driver ? Would be useful to fix (may actually just work now) but comments belong in the driver code. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
