linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ide: fix ioctl to pass requested transfer mode to ide_find_dma

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Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:05:12 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hemantp@...com
Cc:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, bzolnier@...il.com,
	sshtylyov@...mvista.com, petkovbb@...il.com,
	christian.engelmayer@...quentis.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	davinci-linux-open-source@...ux.davincidsp.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ide: fix ioctl to pass requested transfer mode to
 ide_find_dma_mode instead of UDMA6

From: Hemant Pedanekar <hemantp@...com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:20:50 +0530

> Currently, ide_cmd_ioctl when invoked for setting DMA transfer mode calls
> ide_find_dma_mode with requested mode as XFER_UDMA_6. This prevents setting DMA
> mode to any other value than the default (maximum) supported by the device (or
> UDMA6, if supported) irrespective of the actual requested transfer mode and
> returns error.
> 
> For example, setting mode to UDMA2 using hdparm, where UDMA4 is the default
> transfer mode gives following error:
> 	# ./hdparm -d1 -Xudma2  /dev/hda
> 	 /dev/hda:hda: UDMA/66 mode selected
> 	 setting using_dma to 1 (on)
> 	 hda: UDMA/66 mode selected
> 	 setting xfermode to 66 (UltraDMA mode2)
> 	 HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(setxfermode) failed: Invalid argument
> 	 using_dma     =  1 (on)
> 
> This patch fixes the issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hemant Pedanekar <hemantp@...com>
> Acked-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!
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