Re: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v2)

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Le mardi 20 novembre 2007 à 18:56 -0600, Robert Hancock a écrit :
> 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). Also, explicitly set a 32-bit DMA mask before allocating the
> legacy buffers since setting the DMA mask affects both ports and we need to
> ensure the second port's buffers are allocated properly (fixes a problem
> with the previous version of this patch).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Hancock <hancockr@xxxxxxx>
> 

Would this be worth sending to stable team for 2.6.22 & 2.6.23 ?

Regards,

- vin
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