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From: Gunther Mayer <gunther.mayer@gmx.net>
To: Andre Hedrick <andre@linuxdiskcert.org>
Cc: Ken Brownfield <brownfld@irridia.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] ServerWorks autodma behavior
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 20:14:43 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C7BDEA3.672700AB@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10202260244170.14807-100000@master.linux-ide.org>

Andre Hedrick wrote:

> Here is the skinny.
>
> Running DOMAIN VALIDATION against the HOST just totally throttles the
> silicon-dma-core.  Basically direct access force the hardware to protect
> itself from pushing the limits of the access, it BLOWS CHUNKS like a
> freshman in college on his/her first drunk.
>
> If you run the it top down via block, the mainloop eases alot of the
> pressure.  The punch line is like this .........
>
> DV(BLOWS CHUNKS) == Block_pressure(BLOWS CHUNKS)

>
>
> If DV fails, you have not got a prayer of believing the physical is
> stable, IMHO.

Does this mean the ServerWorks IDE chipset is buggy ?


  reply	other threads:[~2002-02-26 19:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-02-26  9:26 [PATCH][RFC] ServerWorks autodma behavior Ken Brownfield
2002-02-26  9:52 ` Alan Cox
2002-02-26  9:37   ` Andre Hedrick
2002-02-26 10:27     ` Ken Brownfield
2002-02-26 10:50       ` Andre Hedrick
2002-02-26 19:14         ` Gunther Mayer [this message]
2002-02-26 10:19   ` Ken Brownfield
2002-02-26 11:12 ` Martin Dalecki
2002-02-27  1:01   ` Ken Brownfield
2002-02-27 10:21     ` Martin Dalecki

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