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SubjectRe: SATA exceptions with 2.6.20-rc5
On 2007.01.21 13:58:01 -0600, Robert Hancock wrote:
> Björn Steinbrink wrote:
> >All kernels were bad using that approach. So back to square 1. :/
> >
> >Björn
> >
>
> OK guys, here's a new patch to try against 2.6.20-rc5:
>
> Right now when switching between ADMA mode and legacy mode (i.e. when
> going from doing normal DMA reads/writes to doing a FLUSH CACHE) we just
> set the ADMA GO register bit appropriately and continue with no delay.
> It looks like in some cases the controller doesn't respond to this
> immediately, it takes some nanoseconds for the controller's status
> registers to reflect the change that was made. It's possible that if we
> were trying to issue commands during this time, the controller might not
> react properly. This patch adds some code to wait for the status
> register to change to the state we asked for before continuing.

Just got two exceptions with your patch, none of the debug messages were
issued.

Björn
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