linux-kernel - Re: [bug] ata subsystem related crash with latest -git

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Date:	Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:51:19 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bug] ata subsystem related crash with latest -git

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> I noticed that 
> sg_tablesize in sata_mv is not LIBATA_MAX_PRD.  This is expected 
> behavior, but I wonder if that difference -- most notably being smaller 
> than SCSI_MAX_SG_SEGMENTS -- would trigger any latent bugs.

Another sata_mv difference from the rest: the chip does not support 
ATAPI, so we never care about qc->pad

	Jeff


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