linux-kernel - [PATCH 12/40] ide-tape: remove stale comments from idetape_pc

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Message-Id: <20080518185616.5636.22797.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sun, 18 May 2008 20:56:16 +0200
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@...il.com>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 12/40] ide-tape: remove stale comments from idetape_pc_intr()

Cc: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
---
 drivers/ide/ide-tape.c |   21 ---------------------
 1 file changed, 21 deletions(-)

Index: b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
===================================================================
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -758,27 +758,6 @@ static ide_startstop_t idetape_pc_intr(i
 
 	if (pc->flags & PC_FLAG_DMA_IN_PROGRESS) {
 		if (hwif->dma_ops->dma_end(drive) || (stat & ERR_STAT)) {
-			/*
-			 * A DMA error is sometimes expected. For example,
-			 * if the tape is crossing a filemark during a
-			 * READ command, it will issue an irq and position
-			 * itself before the filemark, so that only a partial
-			 * data transfer will occur (which causes the DMA
-			 * error). In that case, we will later ask the tape
-			 * how much bytes of the original request were
-			 * actually transferred (we can't receive that
-			 * information from the DMA engine on most chipsets).
-			 */
-
-			/*
-			 * On the contrary, a DMA error is never expected;
-			 * it usually indicates a hardware error or abort.
-			 * If the tape crosses a filemark during a READ
-			 * command, it will issue an irq and position itself
-			 * after the filemark (not before). Only a partial
-			 * data transfer will occur, but no DMA error.
-			 * (AS, 19 Apr 2001)
-			 */
 			pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_DMA_ERROR;
 		} else {
 			pc->xferred = pc->req_xfer;
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