From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [patch for 2.6.29? 3/4] pata_legacy: for VLB 32bit PIO don't try tricks with slop Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:15:40 -0500 Message-ID: <49933FFC.9050500@garzik.org> References: <200902112108.n1BL8go1005308@imap1.linux-foundation.org> 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]:34088 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758151AbZBKVPn (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:15:43 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200902112108.n1BL8go1005308@imap1.linux-foundation.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk akpm@linux-foundation.org wrote: > From: Alan Cox > > These devices are generally used with ATA anyway and it seems that some > ATAPI will need us to issue the right number of words. Therefore as we > can't switch mid burst on VLB devices we should only use 32bit I/O for > suitable block sizes. > > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Pinged Alan on 2/2, no response. This was not signed-off-by by Alan, which is unlike him. Also, there were no comments about testing. So it seemed to me a test patch that I should hold onto, and waiting for Alan's and others' comments first. Jeff