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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Pascal GREGIS <pgs@synerway.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ata_sff_drain_fifo
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:31:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100818183106.152cb8ca@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100818162329.GC3029@gaiman.synerway.com>

> Ok. I also noticed that qc->dma_dir=DMA_TO_DEVICE which also prevents the draining.
> I thought it could be a solution for certain problems like mine where the device is busy but the reset doesn't work which brings to a blocking point, but no.

It shouldn't unless there is a specific IDE controller need to drain
data. You could try it and see what it does but I doubt it will help -
but who knows 8)

      reply	other threads:[~2010-08-18 17:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-18  9:43 ata_sff_drain_fifo Pascal GREGIS
2010-08-18 11:44 ` ata_sff_drain_fifo Alan Cox
2010-08-18 16:23   ` ata_sff_drain_fifo Pascal GREGIS
2010-08-18 17:31     ` Alan Cox [this message]

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