linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] Atmel MCI: Driver for Atmel on-chip MMC controllers

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Date:	Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:11:27 +0200
From:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@...eus.cx>
To:	Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@...el.com>
Cc:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...32linux.org, shannon.nelson@...el.com,
	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] Atmel MCI: Driver for Atmel on-chip MMC
 controllers

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:01:21 +0200
Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@...el.com> wrote:

> 
> bytes_xfered is 0 if any block failed. If I understand correctly, this
> is good enough, but not optimal. I want to improve this later, but I
> might need some more feedback from the DMA engine subsystem (e.g.
> adding "actual" and "status" fields to the descriptor.)
> 

That's good enough yes. The only incorrect value is reporting more than
was actually written as that would completely undermine any attempts of
keeping data integrity in upper layers.

Rgds
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