Re: [PATCH] libata: Add additional queued command opcodes from SATA spec

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Hi Tejun,

> Hmmm, are you planning to add code making use of the above new
> commands soon?  If not, why add the opcodes at all?  ata.h isn't
> aiming to contain all possible ATA commands.

                                                        
That is the goal.

I have some out-of-tree user apps that exploit those opcodes
(via uapi). I eventually will have additional patches, but cannot 
submit the pull request for them until the SATA 3.2 spec is public.

Regards,
Marc

On Jul 22, 2013, at 1:00 PM, Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 06:17:14PM -0700, Marc C wrote:
>> This patch adds the new queued opcodes to the ATA device command
>> list.
>> 
>> Rev 3.0 and 3.1 of the SATA spec introduced the following
>> opcodes:
>> 
>> - NCQ QUEUE MANAGEMENT
>> - SEND FPDMA QUEUED
>> - RECEIVE FPDMA QUEUED
> 
> Hmmm, are you planning to add code making use of the above new
> commands soon?  If not, why add the opcodes at all?  ata.h isn't
> aiming to contain all possible ATA commands.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> tejun

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