[PATCH 2.4] decrypt/update ide help entries
From: O.Sezer (sezero_at_superonline.com)
Date: 05/17/04
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Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 20:05:43 +0300 To: marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com
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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