From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alejandro Riveira =?UTF-8?B?RmVybsOhbmRleg==?= Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: remove experimental tag on PATA drivers Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:26:52 +0100 Message-ID: <20091113232652.5719f8a1@varda> References: <4AFCC0D4.9020708@gmail.com> <200911131715.24377.bzolnier@gmail.com> <20091113182515.38fb3793@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA256; boundary="Sig_/l+1ugFhP2WvcLvWvEZwAxHZ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.78.27]:30269 "EHLO ey-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756322AbZKMW04 (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:26:56 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20091113182515.38fb3793@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Cox Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Robert Hancock , linux-kernel , ide , Jeff Garzik --Sig_/l+1ugFhP2WvcLvWvEZwAxHZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable El Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:25:15 +0000 Alan Cox escribi=C3=B3: >=20 > > PATA_ALI: EXPERIMENTAL > > - ATAPI DMA is still broken >=20 > Not experimental as we default to not doing ATAPI DMA. Glancing over the > code I notice the ALI C2/C3 workaround probably wants adding to the old > driver as it can do nasty things otherwise. (See the reset function in > the pata_ali driver) FWIW I have a Motherboard with Ali chipset and have been using ATAPI DMA (forcing it via proc) without issues since the DMA was disabled by default. =20 lspci -v IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c7) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP= PriP]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 5229 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size= =3D8] [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size= =3D1] [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size= =3D8] [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size= =3D1] I/O ports at ff00 [size=3D16] Capabilities: Kernel driver in use: pata_ali Kernel modules: ata_generic >=20 > Alan >=20 --Sig_/l+1ugFhP2WvcLvWvEZwAxHZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJK/d0sAAoJEDO4iEReSTB27oUQAMAJrOHK5GPQ1NnsMNVn1Sa2 fo14jwjkXw1ucu+3NDklfiu/xxGAWYkh8txF+1biS6RxEflzFy4+UEy+Z9FmZ+Z8 QUpBBEjZzNogkYDKWOGb5XjM/ryeEzyqxp2Fewzh8jkRrLwRSoFTHNpJyX7OL8pz OFpc/7fEJSC+Gte0YsZRCcqk1qsTDFtcoFKMdZ8YHqBDgxPZ1Zpa+Zrrnr4UXj9a bEw2BLzs6YOgNSPALrNqJowxiFRRcDgx2b4iDmk5fHhFDhqmrSjN1HPS7Z4tivGG h77vwAyNwbobO2GKgTIaweC2RIrt5fK8QNmYmQan9AEHn8TJDT4Jj5UJ4INFECly XjsWwE8VP/VG2lX85G3ZkdpjCNfOSZPE4SZBVgUCn9KGCZLtbWpYjRCljJbIFYxD VqS3jibMnAxRo96o4VBMOo3JuyBQuUjZPkURt6VocR6WZgUb8gducviXGsYcqz+T ngw4+uZAS754CsQ7FQcRuKsbXM/OQpUeFPeNTJN6ItqjZiF9u5tXYMJwPVNEF5Is 3SrxDOh4/W1LyXs2P0WBHg3/uE/C9ziSiwM59U2qOpBEuTZYoWs9T6muoxnJkxTv yxdln4Ap0W1tO1HtaomuqvePK8PBgGzEvCtu/Lo/+F2DjMS1vkdCoQGQfRO4Ne0J stEp3vBUAWwwJj73yboJ =GFTJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/l+1ugFhP2WvcLvWvEZwAxHZ--