Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758489AbXJaMAq (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:00:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754829AbXJaMAh (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:00:37 -0400 Received: from brick.kernel.dk ([87.55.233.238]:22507 "EHLO kernel.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755014AbXJaMAg (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:00:36 -0400 Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:57:54 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Alan Cox Cc: Daniel Drake , linux list , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: "Fix ATAPI transfer lengths" causes CD writing regression Message-ID: <20071031115754.GK5059@kernel.dk> References: <47274A5F.6070409@gentoo.org> <20071030153417.59b9182c@the-village.bc.nu> <47276DCA.1000808@gentoo.org> <20071030190153.373c9347@the-village.bc.nu> <47278439.4030801@gentoo.org> <20071031114958.210bd7cc@the-village.bc.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071031114958.210bd7cc@the-village.bc.nu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1258 Lines: 32 On Wed, Oct 31 2007, Alan Cox wrote: > On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:21:29 +0000 > Daniel Drake wrote: > > > Alan Cox wrote: > > > I would guess Brasero is issuing a command with the length of data > > > wrongly set. In the old code that might well just produce errors of the > > > "Umm wtf is this data left over for ?", with the new code the drive is > > > likely to change state as it knows the transfer size and that will > > > *correctly* cause an HSM error and what follows. > > > > > > Now the question is who gets the length wrong - Brasero or the ata > > > translation code in libata > > > > Brasero does exactly the same as my test app which I attached to my last > > mail. Is my test app wrong? > > Would need to double check the SCSI specificatons to be sure but I think > you are asking for less data than the drive wishes to provide. You > aren't allowed to do that with ATA. ide-cd handles this by throwing the excess away, which I think is the sane way to do this. -- Jens Axboe - 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/