[ale] Promise support?

[Greg Freemyer]

On 7/12/07, Danny Cox <danscox at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Robert,
>
> On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 10:51 -0400, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> >
> >   Anyone know how well the "Promise FastTrack TX4310 4-Port SATAII PCI RAID
> > Controller" is supported?  I've seen Promise in the kernel, but has anyone
> > used this card and know how well it performs?  (Debian Etch for those
> > curious).
>
>         The definitive page is Jeff Garzik's Linux ATA page.  Check out
> http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html to look for that Promise card's
> status.
>

That's way old.  Jeff needs to update it in a major way for all the drivers.

FYI: PMP support for sata may get into the 2.6.23 merge window.  That
will allow an external sata cage to work.  ie. One sata cable drives
multiple drives.

That will be another big step for the sata driver.  Not sure what else
it would be missing after that.  I know they want to move libata out
of the scsi intertwining, but I'm not sure what  value that will have
for users.

Greg
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Greg Freemyer
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