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SubjectRe: [PATCH 14/15] ide: rework the code for selecting the best DMA transfer mode
Hello, I wrote:
>> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:

>>> [PATCH] ide: rework the code for selecting the best DMA transfer mode

>>> Depends on the "ide: fix UDMA/MWDMA/SWDMA masks" patch.

>> I'm now trying to rewrite hpt366.c to benefit more from these
>> patches...
>> and alas, this very patch seems to be breaking filtering (at least) in
>> this driver. :-]

>>> Index: b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
>>> ===================================================================
>>> --- a/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-dma.c
>>> @@ -705,6 +705,80 @@ int ide_use_dma(ide_drive_t *drive)
>>>
>>> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_use_dma);
>>>
>>> +static const u8 xfer_mode_bases[] = {
>>> + XFER_UDMA_0,
>>> + XFER_MW_DMA_0,
>>> + XFER_SW_DMA_0,
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +static unsigned int ide_get_mode_mask(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 base)
>>> +{
>>> + struct hd_driveid *id = drive->id;
>>> + ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif;
>>> + unsigned int mask = 0;
>>> +
>>> + switch(base) {
>>> + case XFER_UDMA_0:
>>> + if ((id->field_valid & 4) == 0)
>>> + break;
>>> +
>>> + mask = id->dma_ultra & hwif->ultra_mask;
>>> +
>>> + if (hwif->udma_filter)
>>> + mask &= hwif->udma_filter(drive);
>>> +
>>> + if ((mask & 0x78) && (eighty_ninty_three(drive) == 0))
>>> + mask &= 0x07;
>
>
>> Note the subtle difference between the old and new behavior: the old
>> driver code was applying UltraDMA filter *after*
>> the cable type limit, and the new code does it *before*.

> Was there any particular reason to change that order?

Ah, I see. Cable-reduced mask can't be passed back to driver's filter. This needs changing.

MBR, Sergei
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