From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sergei Shtylyov Subject: Re: [PATCH] ide: identify data word 53 bit 1 doesn't cover words 62 and 63 (take 2) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:52:04 +0300 Message-ID: <49B66274.3050502@ru.mvista.com> References: <200903031404.45443.sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from h155.mvista.com ([63.81.120.155]:48605 "EHLO imap.sh.mvista.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752294AbZCJMv1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:51:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200903031404.45443.sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: bzolnier@gmail.com Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hello, I wrote: > The IDE code assumed for years that the bit 1 of the identify data word 53 also > covers the validity of the SW/MW DMA information in words 62 and 63, but it has > always covered only words 64 thru 70, with words 62 and 63 being defined in the > original ATA spec, not in ATA-2... > This fix however should only concern *very* old hard disks and rather old CF > cards... > Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov Looks like the patch is still incomplete, as I've only fixed the generic files, while two drivers also needed to be fixed... :-/ WBR, Sergei