Re: PROBLEM REMAINS: [sata_nv ADMA breaks ATAPI] Crash on accessing DVD-RAM

Alan Cox
2008-01-13T13:36:18Z

> Other than that, I guess the solutions would be to just set a 32-bit
> mask on the device if either port has an ATAPI device connected (which
> is fairly ugly, considering that you could do things like hotplug an
> ATAPI device when the other port was in use, for example), or do
> something to prevent requests from reaching this point with >4GB
> addresses in the first place..

With 2.6.24 almost released I think that is a must do for the moment and
since we also have hotplugging fo devices it might be easier for .24 to
just set a 32bit DMA mask and be done with it, then fix it later.