Re: ATA Passthru unimplemented protocols
From: Jeff Garzik <hidden>
Date: 2005-07-27 21:09:11
Timothy Thelin wrote:
I'm interested in soft reset (1) and return response information (15). But I didn't know who was doing what or had plans for what, which is why the question was so general. If I end up working on these two myself, I'd be nice to coordinate with existing efforts rather than collide with them =)
Certainly! Your question was just a bit vague :) The soft reset would be especially nice to have, but would require a bit of work to synchronize with other devices on the bus (needed for PATA only, really). Another line item that I would like to see happen is "flagged taskfiles", which allows the user to specify which shadow registers to touch and -- more importantly -- which not to touch. This is important for vendor-specific commands (particularly older PATA devices). Jeff