linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v3)

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Message-ID: <474790EB.90201@rtr.ca>
Date:	Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:48:11 -0500
From:	Mark Lord <liml@....ca>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>,
	"Morrison, Tom" <tmorrison@...irix.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ide <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>, Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v3)

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Robert Hancock wrote:
>> Based on a quick look at sata_mv it appears it sets a 64-bit DMA mask 
>> unconditionally, but for non-ATA_PROT_DMA commands (which includes all 
>> ATAPI), it just falls back to ata_qc_issue_prot which issues via the 
>> legacy SFF interface and can only handle 32-bit addressing. So yes, it 
>> appears to have a similar bug as sata_nv had.
> 
> 
> sata_mv doesn't do ATAPI at all...
..

Not yet, anyway.  Stay tuned..
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