On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:35:23 -0500, Bill Davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 10:03:27 -0500, Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Arjan van de Ven wrote: > >> > >>>>I consider it not a new feature, but a missing feature, since otherwise > >>>>user data cannot be accessed in the RAID setups. > >>> > >>> > >>>the same is true for all new hardware drivers and hardware support > >>>patches. And for new DRM (since new X may need it) and new .. and > >>>new ... where is the line? > >>> > >>>for me a deep maintenance mode is about keeping existing stuff working; > >>>all new hw support and derivative hardware support (such as this) can be > >>>pointed at the new stable series... which has been out for quite some > >>>time now.. > >> > >>Red herring. > >> > >>2.4.x has ICH5/6 support -- but is missing the RAID support component. > >> > >>We are talking about hardware that is ALREADY supported by 2.4.x kernel, > >>not new hardware. > >> > >>We are also talking about inability to access data on hardware supported > >>by 2.4.x, not something that can easily be ignored or papered over with > >>a compatibility mode. > > > > > > the same arguments can be used for crypto support etc., > > answer is - use 2.6.x or add extra patches to get 2.4.x working > > It's fix in a sense. The hardware is supported now, just not very well. > If an IDE chipset was capable of UDA4 and the driver only allowed UDA2 > it would be a fix, in this case thehardware is supported partially, the > RAID conponent isn't working, and this is the fix.
The so called "RAID component" is 100% *software* solution. BTW What is UDA? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
