From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: HPA support Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:24:34 -0400 Message-ID: <461FAEC2.6000705@pobox.com> References: <20070411002313.29069ca5@the-village.bc.nu> <20070413153343.GA26304@athena.road.mcmartin.ca> <20070413154432.GC26304@athena.road.mcmartin.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:37295 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754077AbXDMQYj (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:24:39 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20070413154432.GC26304@athena.road.mcmartin.ca> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Kyle McMartin Cc: Alan Cox , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Kyle McMartin wrote: > Oddly, the command at least executes and doesn't MCE (but it's not at all > happy either) if I use ATA_PROT_PIO. I wonder if ATA_PROT_NODATA is buggered > on this sata_nv chip (Asus A8N-E). > > Weird... Try turning off ADMA using the module parameter, and see if ATA_PROT_NODATA magically works. ADMA is an advanced command execution mode, and it may not be appropriate for certain non-data commands. Jeff