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From: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@mvista.com>
To: "Thang Q. Nguyen" <tqnguyen@apm.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] sata_dwc: Add support ATAPI transfer
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 14:52:44 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FAB9DFC.4040403@mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKrQpSvqz-+w=Rvq_jtGwkEue0Tf6rh9Z5c9j4edbgeuWeMCVQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hello.

On 10-05-2012 14:12, Thang Q. Nguyen wrote:

> Thanks for quick response,
> I do not mean user use fdisk command on CD/DVD. However, whenever using 'fdisk
> -l' command, the system will access each first sector on each SCSI device
> (including CD/DVD on it) and the DMA transfer on blank CD/DVD will not return
> any data.

    Shouldn't the drive return error status in this case?

> The timeout is detected and error handler will be called.

    But user may also run 'hdparm -t' or even 'dd' with offset on a drive. 
Have you tried your workaround with those?

> Using PIO on some first sectors will avoid the issue.

> Regards,
> Thang Nguyen -

MBR, Sergei

      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-05-10 10:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-10  4:17 [PATCH 3/5] sata_dwc: Add support ATAPI transfer Thang Q. Nguyen
2012-05-10  9:50 ` Sergei Shtylyov
     [not found]   ` <CAKrQpSvqz-+w=Rvq_jtGwkEue0Tf6rh9Z5c9j4edbgeuWeMCVQ@mail.gmail.com>
2012-05-10 10:52     ` Sergei Shtylyov [this message]

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