Re: [PATCH 2.4] decrypt/update ide help entries

From: O.Sezer (sezero_at_superonline.com)
Date: 05/18/04

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    Date:	Tue, 18 May 2004 16:42:58 +0300
To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl>

    Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
    > This patch was disccussed long time ago and nobody cared to correct it.

    Hmm.. too many errors, careless duplicate entries.. ...
    too many trust in trusted trees.. Me embarassed ;)

    > + "Override-Enable UDMA for Promise Contr." (or "Special UDMA Feature")
    > + to force UDMA mode for connected UDMA capable disk drives.
    >
    > It is about forcing burst UDMA transfers not UDMA mode.

    Fixed

    > +PROMISE PDC202{68|69|70|71|75|76|77} support
    > +CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW
    [...]
    > This is just copied from CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD
    > ('Ultra33') and probably is incorrect for newer Promise controllers.

    Removed the old copied one wrote something generic

    > + 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).
    >
    > This is needed not only for PDC20276.

    I think this time I took the correct chipset names upon reading
    pdc202XX_old.h and pdc202XX_new.h. Please check.

    > + 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.
    >
    > This is incorrect.
    >
    > You must say Y to this option and to CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC.

    Whoops, sorry. Fixed.

    > If you want to correct Promise IDE help entries, do it for 2.6 first.
    >

    Don't know much about 2.6; if you can review this one, I can make
    similar changes for 2.6 (in case options didn't change much).

    Thanks,
    Özkan Sezer

    --- 27p2/Documentation/Configure.help.orig
    +++ 27p2/Documentation/Configure.help
    @@ -1309,20 +1309,22 @@
     
       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. These devices are bootable PCI UDMA controllers. 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
       for more than one card. This card may require that you say Y to
    - "Special UDMA Feature".
    + "Force Burst UDMA transfers" (old name: "Special UDMA Feature").
     
       If you say Y here, you need to say Y to "Use DMA by default when
       available" as well.
    @@ -1342,22 +1344,18 @@
       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.
    + This driver adds support for the newer Udma100/133 Promise chipsets
    + listed above. These chipsets are not driven by the pdc202XX_old,
    + but by this pdc202XX_new driver.
     
       If you say Y here, you need to say Y to "Use DMA by default when
       available" as well.
     
       If unsure, say N.
     
    -Special UDMA Feature
    +Force Burst UDMA transfers
     CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST
    - This option causes the pdc202xx driver to enable UDMA modes on the
    + This option causes "pdc202xx_old" driver to enable UDMA modes on the
       PDC202xx even when the PDC202xx BIOS has not done so.
     
       It was originally designed for the PDC20246/Ultra33, whose BIOS will
    @@ -1365,14 +1363,33 @@
       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>.
    + (Please read the comments in <file:drivers/ide/pci/pdc202xx_old.c>
    + about this option.)
     
       If unsure, say N.
     
    -Special FastTrak Feature
    +Use FastTrak RAID capable device as plain IDE controller
     CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE
    - For FastTrak enable overriding BIOS.
    + This option has effect on Promise chipsets PDC20270 and PDC20276
    + while using the pdc202xx_new driver.
    +
    + 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 one of the above mentioned IDE
    + interfaces, but either you do not have a RAID disk array, or you
    + wish to use the Linux internal RAID software (/dev/mdX).
    +
    + If you wish to use your Promise controller to control a FastTrak
    + RAID disk array, you need to say Y here AND you you must also say Y
    + to CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC.
    +
    + This option also has effect on the chipsets run by the pdc202xx_old
    + driver ( PDC202{46|62|63|65|67} ).
    +
    + If unsure, say Y.
     
     SiS5513 chipset support
     CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513
    --- 27p2/drivers/ide/Config.in.orig
    +++ 27p2/drivers/ide/Config.in
    @@ -64,10 +64,10 @@
                 dep_tristate ' NS87415 chipset support' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 $CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI
                 dep_tristate ' OPTi 82C621 chipset enhanced support (EXPERIMENTAL)' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 $CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
                 dep_tristate ' PROMISE PDC202{46|62|65|67} support' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD $CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI
    - dep_mbool ' Special UDMA Feature' CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST $CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD $CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI
    + dep_mbool ' Force Burst UDMA transfers' CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST $CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD $CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI
                 dep_tristate ' PROMISE PDC202{68|69|70|71|75|76|77} support' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW $CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI
                 if [ "$CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD" = "m" -o "$CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW" = "m" ]; then
    - bool ' Special FastTrak Feature' CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE
    + bool ' Use FastTrak RAID capable device as plain IDE controller' CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE
                 fi
                 dep_tristate ' RZ1000 chipset bugfix/support' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 $CONFIG_X86
                 dep_tristate ' SCx200 chipset support' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SC1200 $CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI

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