Re: [GIT PULL] isci: sas controller driver for 3.0

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On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 04:07:04PM +0200, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> On 11-07-04 03:45 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 04:35:48PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
>>> James, please pull from:
>>>
>>>    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/isci.git master
>>>
>>> ...to receive the isci driver that supports the integrated 6Gb/s SAS
>>> capabilities of the upcoming Intel(R) C600 series chipset family.  This
>>> part is targeted at standard servers / workstations and provides
>>> up to 8-ports (2x4-port controllers) of SAS beyond the traditional SATA
>>> ports (surfaced by the ahci driver).
>
> s/surfaced/serviced/

"surfaced" seems to be a popular term within Intel.  I believe it comes
from Windows.  It means "the ahci driver is responsible for creating
the device entries for the SATA ports".

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