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From:	David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>
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Alan Cox wrote:
>>    But if you're saying that there is only DMA completion inetrrupt, you 
>> *cannot* completely emulate SFF-8038i BMDMA since its interrupt status 
>> is the (delayed) IDE INTRQ status. I suggest that you move away from the 
>> emulation -- Alan has said it's possible.
> 
> I don't see whats wrong with treating it that way if it keeps the amount
> of code needed down.
> 

For exactly that reason, I intend to continue to try to emulate it.

David Daney