From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel Walker Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] drivers: pata_octeon_cf : Switch IO mode depending on model number Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 12:11:47 -0800 Message-ID: <56901803.209@cisco.com> References: <1452230332-14926-1-git-send-email-danielwa@cisco.com> <20160108153049.GN1898@mtj.duckdns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rcdn-iport-3.cisco.com ([173.37.86.74]:8379 "EHLO rcdn-iport-3.cisco.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751213AbcAHULu (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jan 2016 15:11:50 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20160108153049.GN1898@mtj.duckdns.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tejun Heo Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Anil Veliyankara Madam , xe-kernel@external.cisco.com, Shikha Jain , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Chris Hall (hall)" On 01/08/2016 07:30 AM, Tejun Heo wrote: > Hello, Daniel. > > On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 09:18:51PM -0800, Daniel Walker wrote: >> From: Anil Veliyankara Madam >> >> Since viking flash has a problem in the MWDMA mode which causes data >> corruption, this patch allows the driver to detect the model number >> and switch the IO mode to PIO6 if it's a viking flash. > Hmmm... is this specific to pata_octeon_cf or should it apply to the > device regardless of the controller in use? > > It's not specific to pata_octeon_cf , it should be applied to the device regardless of controller. Is there a better place to put this to cover all ? Daniel