By saying the vanilla kernel route, I meant downloading 2.6.18.8 from kernel.org and doing the patches against it, and then running that kernel. I just downloaded it and the patches worked fine against that base. The problem is that I am not sure what I lose by loading that kernel over the patched version that opensuse distributes. Especially since I like to use EVMS, and I know that seems to work out of the box with the patched opensuse kernel. Device mapper support is in 2.6.18.8, but again I am not sure what else went into the opensuse version.
Is there a list of all patches that opensuse applied to the generic 2.6.18.8 kernel? Also, I contacted Tejun, and his existing patches are on a path to be incorporated into 2.6.23, but he is about to release PMP support for AHCI SATA controllers, which should be very popular too. I'll try and track down the forward port of the patchset, but I may try just running with the patched vanilla 2.6.18.8 first. I haven't used bugzilla before, but I'll work on getting a request added. PMP support is just SO useful, and windows drivers now pretty much support it across the board on a bunch of different controllers. Linux really needs it since software raid works so well. Thanks, Mike ----- Original Message ---- From: Greg Freemyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 10:09:56 AM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Adding SATA port multiplier support in Opensuse 10.2 On 6/25/07, Mike Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. I am having difficulty in applying the patches at > http://home-tj.org/wiki/index.php/Libata-tj-stable to the 2.6.18.8-0.3 > kernel. Some of the patchs seem to be applied, but others not. I need this > to make SATA port multiplier work. > > > > Before I just go the vanilla kernel route, has anyone managed to get these > patches incorporated in the patched opensuse kernel? > > > > Thanks, > > mike Mike, Even the vanilla kernel route may not help you much. The PMP patches never made it into vanilla (yet). If you search the lkml-ide mailing list I think you will find some people that have forward ported the PMP patchset, but you are definitely heading into unsupported territory. FYI: I think Tejun Heo is a Novell employee, so you may have better luck asking for the patchset to be incorporated into the 10.3 kernel. If you submit a bugzilla, etc. let me know and I'll add my vote. Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
