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authorJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>2007-05-25 05:40:15 +0200
committerJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>2007-05-25 05:40:15 +0200
commit4a05e2091709dbb22b86a1b3343cd3fa3c0d7a6b (patch)
tree47c90a313f67c1543f6ced2a968b292ae425283a /drivers
parent[libata] sata_promise: fix flags typo (diff)
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[libata] sata_mv: add TODO list
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
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-rw-r--r--drivers/ata/sata_mv.c44
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diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c b/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
index 705a020e1597..c957e6e54ba1 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
@@ -21,6 +21,50 @@
*
*/
+/*
+ sata_mv TODO list:
+
+ 1) Needs a full errata audit for all chipsets. I implemented most
+ of the errata workarounds found in the Marvell vendor driver, but
+ I distinctly remember a couple workarounds (one related to PCI-X)
+ are still needed.
+
+ 2) Convert to LibATA new EH. Required for hotplug, NCQ, and sane
+ probing/error handling in general. MUST HAVE.
+
+ 3) Add hotplug support (easy, once new-EH support appears)
+
+ 4) Add NCQ support (easy to intermediate, once new-EH support appears)
+
+ 5) Investigate problems with PCI Message Signalled Interrupts (MSI).
+
+ 6) Add port multiplier support (intermediate)
+
+ 7) Test and verify 3.0 Gbps support
+
+ 8) Develop a low-power-consumption strategy, and implement it.
+
+ 9) [Experiment, low priority] See if ATAPI can be supported using
+ "unknown FIS" or "vendor-specific FIS" support, or something creative
+ like that.
+
+ 10) [Experiment, low priority] Investigate interrupt coalescing.
+ Quite often, especially with PCI Message Signalled Interrupts (MSI),
+ the overhead reduced by interrupt mitigation is quite often not
+ worth the latency cost.
+
+ 11) [Experiment, Marvell value added] Is it possible to use target
+ mode to cross-connect two Linux boxes with Marvell cards? If so,
+ creating LibATA target mode support would be very interesting.
+
+ Target mode, for those without docs, is the ability to directly
+ connect two SATA controllers.
+
+ 13) Verify that 7042 is fully supported. I only have a 6042.
+
+*/
+
+
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>