Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 15:55:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 15:55:49 -0500 Received: from willy.net1.nerim.net ([62.212.114.60]:5384 "EHLO www.home.local") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 15:55:47 -0500 Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 22:04:01 +0100 From: Willy Tarreau To: "Justin T. Gibbs" Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] aic7xxx bouncing over 4G Message-ID: <20021228210401.GA596@alpha.home.local> References: <200212210012.gBL0Cng21338@eng2.beaverton.ibm.com> <176730000.1040430221@aslan.btc.adaptec.com> <3E03BB0D.5070605@rackable.com> <20021228091608.GA13814@louise.pinerecords.com> <705128112.1041102818@aslan.scsiguy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <705128112.1041102818@aslan.scsiguy.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 715 Lines: 17 On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 12:13:38PM -0700, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > The main reason why the new driver "breaks" where the old one > doesn't is that the new driver does not perform an extra register > read to work-around chipsets that screw up memory mapped I/O. Thanks for this clear description, Justin. I now understand why I've had problems in the past with earlier versions here, since I have other devices (eg dl2k) which can't do MMIO on my system. Cheers, Willy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/