Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757032AbXKWRfS (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:35:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753199AbXKWRfF (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:35:05 -0500 Received: from empbedex1.empirix.com ([12.38.203.54]:14369 "EHLO empbedex1.empirix.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752877AbXKWRfD convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:35:03 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Subject: RE: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v3) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:30:42 -0500 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v3) Thread-Index: Acgt5LZ68QSdp7FnQXWiGKYusuJy6wAEdxRu References: <47463534.9010100@shaw.ca> <4746F02D.2060204@rtr.ca> From: "Morrison, Tom" To: "Mark Lord" , "Robert Hancock" Cc: "linux-kernel" , "ide" , "Jeff Garzik" , "Tejun Heo" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Nov 2007 17:34:58.0862 (UTC) FILETIME=[2B6A54E0:01C82DF7] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1420 Lines: 40 I am hopeful that the sata_mv has this bug (I proved that the problem I was experiencing was due to the sata_mv driver with 3.75Gig or more of memory)... I am on vacation for a week or more ...or I'd tell you today if it did have this bug! ________________________________ From: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org on behalf of Mark Lord Sent: Fri 11/23/2007 10:22 AM To: Robert Hancock Cc: linux-kernel; ide; Jeff Garzik; Tejun Heo Subject: Re: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v3) Robert Hancock wrote: > This fixes some problems with ATAPI devices on nForce4 controllers in ADMA mode > on systems with memory located above 4GB. We need to delay setting the 64-bit > DMA mask until the PRD table and padding buffer are allocated so that they don't > get allocated above 4GB and break legacy mode (which is needed for ATAPI > devices). ... Mmm.. I wonder how many other libata drivers have this exact same bug, whether noticed yet or not ? Cheers - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - 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/