Kernel Patch for VIA VT6410 IDE RAID CONTROLLER.

[Chuck Short]

Hi Chris,

Usually if there is a request for an additional feature it is done in
bugzilla so we can keep track of it. I have looked over the patch and
made a diff for breezy.

Regards
chuck

On 4/23/05, Chris Fazekas <chris at fazekas.net> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm brand new to this kernel team list.
> 
> Additionally I just signed up for the development list, but as this kernel
> patch question is specific to the kernel I thought posting it to this list
> would be benificial. :)
> 
> -
> 
> I recently purchased a Gigabyte 915P motherboard [GA-8I915P Duo (Pro)]
> which has a one standard IDE connector (IDE1) and two other IDE connectors
> using the VIA VT6410 IDE raid controller.  I have two optical devices
> (DVD/DVDRW) and 4 IDE Drives.  Unfortunately the VIA VT6210 IDE raid
> controller (patch) has not officially made its way into the Kernel.
> 
> For the kernel patch that adds the support to the via92cxx driver:
> 
> See: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0502.0/1870.html
> 
> I am currenly trying this patch with the 2.6.10 kernel source (compiling
> now actually).  Will test it once it compile completes.
> 
> I am wondering what the proper procedure is for trying to get this patch
> added into future versions of the Ubuntu linux kernel?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -- Chris Fazekas
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