Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Mon, 17 May 2004 20:05:43 +0300 | From | "O.Sezer" <> | Subject | [PATCH 2.4] decrypt/update ide help entries |
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This has been in Alan's tree for ages, why not merge in mainline? Patch below, happily stolen from -ac/-pac.
Özkan Sezer --- 27p2/Documentation/Configure.help~ +++ 27p2/Documentation/Configure.help @@ -1309,20 +1309,23 @@ If unsure, say N. -PROMISE PDC20246/PDC20262/PDC20265/PDC20267/PDC20268 support +PROMISE PDC20246/PDC20262/PDC20265/PDC20267 support CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD - Promise Ultra33 or PDC20246 - Promise Ultra66 or PDC20262 - Promise Ultra100 or PDC20265/PDC20267/PDC20268 + Promise Ultra 33 [PDC20246] + Promise Ultra 66 [PDC20262] + Promise FastTrak 66 [PDC20263] + Promise MB Ultra 100 [PDC20265] + Promise Ultra 100 [PDC20267] This driver adds up to 4 more EIDE devices sharing a single - interrupt. This add-on card is a bootable PCI UDMA controller. Since + interrupt. This device is a bootable PCI UDMA controller. Since multiple cards can be installed and there are BIOS ROM problems that - happen if the BIOS revisions of all installed cards (three-max) do + happen if the BIOS revisions of all installed cards (max of three) do not match, the driver attempts to do dynamic tuning of the chipset - at boot-time for max-speed. Ultra33 BIOS 1.25 or newer is required + at boot-time for max speed. Ultra33 BIOS 1.25 or newer is required for more than one card. This card may require that you say Y to - "Special UDMA Feature". + "Override-Enable UDMA for Promise Contr." (or "Special UDMA Feature") + to force UDMA mode for connected UDMA capable disk drives. If you say Y here, you need to say Y to "Use DMA by default when available" as well. @@ -1355,7 +1358,30 @@ If unsure, say N. -Special UDMA Feature +PROMISE PDC202{68|69|70|71|75|76|77} support +CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW + Promise Ultra 100 TX2 [PDC20268] + Promise Ultra 133 PTX2 [PDC20269] + Promise FastTrak LP/TX2/TX4 [PDC20270] + Promise FastTrak TX2000 [PDC20271] + Promise MB Ultra 133 [PDC20275] + Promise MB FastTrak 133 [PDC20276] + Promise FastTrak 133 [PDC20277] + + This driver adds up to 4 more EIDE devices sharing a single + interrupt. This device is a bootable PCI UDMA controller. Since + multiple cards can be installed and there are BIOS ROM problems that + happen if the BIOS revisions of all installed cards (max of five) do + not match, the driver attempts to do dynamic tuning of the chipset + at boot-time for max speed. Ultra33 BIOS 1.25 or newer is required + for more than one card. + + If you say Y here, you need to say Y to "Use DMA by default when + available" as well. + + If unsure, say N. + +Override-Enable UDMA for Promise Controllers CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST This option causes the pdc202xx driver to enable UDMA modes on the PDC202xx even when the PDC202xx BIOS has not done so. @@ -1365,14 +1391,24 @@ used successfully on a PDC20265/Ultra100, allowing use of UDMA modes when the PDC20265 BIOS has been disabled (for faster boot up). - Please read the comments at the top of - <file:drivers/ide/pci/pdc202xx_old.c>. - If unsure, say N. -Special FastTrak Feature +Use FastTrak RAID capable device as plain IDE controller CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE - For FastTrak enable overriding BIOS. + Setting this option causes the kernel to use your Promise IDE disk + controller as an ordinary IDE controller, rather than as a FastTrak + RAID controller. RAID is a system for using multiple physical disks + as one virtual disk. + + You need to say Y here if you have a PDC20276 IDE interface but either + you do not have a RAID disk array, or you wish to use the Linux + internal RAID software (/dev/mdX). + + You need to say N here if you wish to use your Promise controller to + control a FastTrak RAID disk array, and you you must also say Y to + CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC. + + If unsure, say Y. SiS5513 chipset support CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513
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