Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755147AbZKHUGC (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:06:02 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755080AbZKHUGB (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:06:01 -0500 Received: from khc.piap.pl ([195.187.100.11]:55996 "EHLO khc.piap.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754607AbZKHUGA (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:06:00 -0500 From: Krzysztof Halasa To: Alan Cox Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, lkml Subject: Re: ata_sff_data_xfer* return value References: <20091108200050.20d96a44@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:06:04 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20091108200050.20d96a44@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (Alan Cox's message of "Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:00:50 +0000") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 547 Lines: 14 Alan Cox writes: > It is correct. We return the bytes consumed as it may well not be the > same as the total bytes requested. In practice we don't currently do a > great deal with it even with ATAPI but it's useful for doing bug checks. I see. Thanks. -- Krzysztof Halasa -- 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/