Latest status of IDE patches from Andre

2001-01-12 Thread Jeff Nguyen
Hi Alan, Will you incorporate Andre IDE patches into the 2.2.19preXX kernel? If not, do you have any plan to do so in the very near future? I know this issue has been discussed before. But there has not been any progress. I have been following the kernel development for years. I have seen many

Re: ServerWorks docs?

2000-12-18 Thread Jeff Nguyen
rverworks were able to supply the information quickly. This could be a good approach in getting information from Serverwork outside of NDA. Jeff ASL Inc. - Original Message - From: "Rico Tudor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeff Nguyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: &l

Re: ServerWorks docs?

2000-12-16 Thread Jeff Nguyen
Serverworks wants to support the Linux community. Thus they are willing to share certain information to developers without risking the IP. Recently ASL has been working with Serverworks in supporting the lm-sensor project and other Linux software developer. Let me know if you need some help with

Re: VM-global-2.2.18pre17-7

2000-10-27 Thread Jeff Nguyen
Alan, I agree with your point. In term of usability, the e100 driver has a wider range of support for the Intel NIC cards. Jeff - Original Message - From: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jeff Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Ville Herva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL

Re: VM-global-2.2.18pre17-7

2000-10-27 Thread Jeff Nguyen
You should use the Intel e100 driver at http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/100Linux.htm. It works much better than eepro100. Jeff ASL - Original Message - From: Ville Herva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 27, 20

Integrating Andre IDE patch into 2.2.18/19 kernel

2000-10-04 Thread Jeff Nguyen
Hi Alan. I hope you will consider to integrate Andre IDE patche into the 2.2.18 or 2.2.19 kernel. For Linux to become a successful desktop platform, it needs better IDE support. Andre has done a tremendous job in getting the IDE driver support for so many chipsets such as Promise, CMD, VIA, and H

Re: support for 2 Promise 66 Ultra cards

2000-09-07 Thread Jeff Nguyen
Cody, The 2.2.x kernel with Andre UDMA patch can support up to 4 Promises cards. If the onboard IDE is disabled, then you can have 5 Promises cards. Jeff ASL Inc. At 06:09 PM 9/7/00 -0600, Aryeh \"Cody\" Sherr wrote: > >Will the 2.2 kernel support 2 Promise 66 Ultra cards? The UDMA faq states

Re: 2.4.0-test5 problems with Promise ATA100

2000-08-30 Thread Jeff Nguyen
Jan, Motherboards that have integrated Promise Ultra/100 controller use the 20265 chipset. The standard Promise Ultra/100 PCI card uses the 20267 chipset. However, both chipsets are supported in Andre patch dated 08/05 or later. The latest patch is dated on 08/25. You can download it at the follo