Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:51:57 -0600
From: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: sata_nv + ADMA + Samsung disk problem
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Allen Martin wrote:
>  
>>> Dunno about the NVidia version.
>> Theirs works rather differently - the GO bit is there, but there's 
>> another append register which is used to tell the controller 
>> that a new 
>> tag has been added to the CPB list.
>>
>> The only thing we currently use the GO bit for is to switch 
>> between ADMA 
>> and port register mode. Could be there's something we need to 
>> do there, 
>> though, who knows..
>>
> 
> You shouldn't ever need to touch GO other than the ADMA / legacy mode
> switch as you say.
> 
> The NVIDIA ADMA hw is not based on the Pacific Digital core.

That answers that question, I guess. Still guessing at why the 
controller would get stuck in IDLE state with no interrupt raised, then..
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