Robert worte. > > Kuan, does this patch (using the notifiers to see if the command is > really done) still work if one port on the controller has > ADMA disabled > because it's in ATAPI mode? I seem to recall Allen Martin mentioning > that notifiers wouldn't work in this case. > I just tried the 2.6.24-rc7 sata_nv driver with one hd and one cdrom in the same controller. I mkfs hd and mounted the cdrom and no error happened. Allen, is there anything about notifier that we should pay attention to? > > > > > * it sure seems like there are other open sata_nv ADMA > issues -- can we > > hard-confirm or deny this? bugzilla wasn't very helpful > for me. It > > doesn't seem like we can disable ADMA (to solve those > issues) and get > > enough test time in (which is what I said a week (or more?) > ago too...) > > The NCQ/non-NCQ command switching issue is still hitting some people > (last I heard Kuan was looking into this), also there's a > hotplug issue > that Tejun reported.. > I have not yet reproduced the switching issue even if i removed the udelay function according to your metholds. I tried the 2.6.24-rc7. I don't know what kernel version can easily reproduce the issue or mabye i omit some steps during test. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
