On Monday 04 February 2008, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> Also, remove redundant ones and cleanup whitespace.
>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@xxxxxxxxx>
fixed few minor issues while merging the patch:
> ---
> drivers/ide/ide-tape.c | 725 +++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
> 1 files changed, 293 insertions(+), 432 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
> index 175d507..a80f8d9 100644
> --- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
> +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
[...]
> /*
> - * DSC polling parameters.
> + * DSC polling parameters.
> *
> - * Polling for DSC (a single bit in the status register) is a very
> - * important function in ide-tape. There are two cases in which we
> - * poll for DSC:
> + * Polling for DSC (a single bit in the status register) is a very important
> + * function in ide-tape. There are two cases in which we poll for DSC:
> *
> - * 1. Before a read/write packet command, to ensure that we
> - * can transfer data from/to the tape's data buffers, without
> - * causing an actual media access. In case the tape is not
> - * ready yet, we take out our request from the device
> - * request queue, so that ide.c will service requests from
> - * the other device on the same interface meanwhile.
> *
> - * 2. After the successful initialization of a "media access
> - * packet command", which is a command which can take a long
> - * time to complete (it can be several seconds or even an hour).
> + * 1. Before a read/write packet command, to ensure that we can transfer data
> + * from/to the tape's data buffers, without causing an actual media access.
> + * In case the tape is not ready yet, we take out our request from the device
> + * request queue, so that ide.c could service requests from the other device
> + * on the same interface in the meantime.
> *
> - * Again, we postpone our request in the middle to free the bus
> - * for the other device. The polling frequency here should be
> - * lower than the read/write frequency since those media access
> - * commands are slow. We start from a "fast" frequency -
> - * IDETAPE_DSC_MA_FAST (one second), and if we don't receive DSC
> - * after IDETAPE_DSC_MA_THRESHOLD (5 minutes), we switch it to a
> - * lower frequency - IDETAPE_DSC_MA_SLOW (1 minute).
> + * 2. After the successful initialization of a "media access packet command",
> + * which is a command that can take a long time to complete (the interval can
> + * range from several seconds to even an hour).
> *
> - * We also set a timeout for the timer, in case something goes wrong.
> - * The timeout should be longer then the maximum execution time of a
> - * tape operation.
> - */
> -
> -/*
> - * DSC timings.
> + * Again, we postpone our request in the middle to free the bus for the other
> + * device. The polling frequency here should be lower than the read/write
> + * frequency since those media access commands are slow. We start from a "fast"
> + * frequency - IDETAPE_DSC_MA_FAST (one second), and if we don't receive DSC
> + * after IDETAPE_DSC_MA_THRESHOLD (5 minutes), we switch it to a lower frequency
> + * - IDETAPE_DSC_MA_SLOW (1 minute). We also set a timeout for the timer, in
the above paragraph is true only for point 2.
[...]
> @@ -703,8 +654,8 @@ static void idetape_analyze_error(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 *sense)
> }
>
> /*
> - * If error was the result of a zero-length read or write command,
> - * with sense key=5, asc=0x22, ascq=0, let it slide. Some drives
> + * If error was the result of a zero-length read or write command, with
> + * sense key=5, asc=0x22, ascq=0, let it slide. Some drives
> * (i.e. Seagate STT3401A Travan) don't support 0-length read/writes.
> */
> if ((pc->c[0] == READ_6 || pc->c[0] == WRITE_6)
[...]
> @@ -1070,25 +1012,24 @@ static ide_startstop_t idetape_pc_intr(ide_drive_t *drive)
> if (pc->flags & PC_FL_DMA_IN_PROGRESS) {
> if (hwif->ide_dma_end(drive) || (stat & ERR_STAT)) {
> /*
> - * A DMA error is sometimes expected. For example,
> - * if the tape is crossing a filemark during a
> - * READ command, it will issue an irq and position
> - * itself before the filemark, so that only a partial
> - * data transfer will occur (which causes the DMA
> - * error). In that case, we will later ask the tape
> - * how much bytes of the original request were
> - * actually transferred (we can't receive that
> - * information from the DMA engine on most chipsets).
> + * A DMA error is sometimes expected. For example, if
> + * the tape is crossing a filemark during a READ
> + * command, it will issue an irq and position itself
> + * before the filemark, so that only a partial data
> + * transfer will occur (which causes the DMA error). In
> + * that case, we will later ask the tape how much bytes
> + * of the original request were actually transferred (we
> + * can't receive that information from the DMA engine on
> + * most chipsets).
> */
>
> /*
> - * On the contrary, a DMA error is never expected;
> - * it usually indicates a hardware error or abort.
> - * If the tape crosses a filemark during a READ
> - * command, it will issue an irq and position itself
> - * after the filemark (not before). Only a partial
> - * data transfer will occur, but no DMA error.
> - * (AS, 19 Apr 2001)
> + * On the contrary, a DMA error is never expected; it
> + * usually indicates a hardware error or abort. If the
> + * tape crosses a filemark during a READ command, it
> + * will issue an irq and position itself after the
> + * filemark (not before). Only a partial data transfer
> + * will occur, but no DMA error. (AS, 19 Apr 2001)
> */
> pc->flags |= PC_FL_DMA_ERROR;
> } else {
I dropped the above chunks (they don't seem to add any value)
[...]
> + * 3. ATAPI Tape media access commands have immediate status with a delayed
> + * process. In case of a successful initiation of a media access packet command,
> + * the DSC bit will be set when the actual execution of the command is finished.
> + * Since the tape drive will not issue an interrupt, we have to poll for this
> + * event. In this case, we define the request as "low priority request" by
> + * setting rq_status to IDETAPE_RQ_POSTPONED, set a timer to poll for DSC and
> + * exit the driver.
replaced tabs with spaces
[...]
> - * For SCSI this byte is defined as subpage instead of high byte
> - * of length and some IDE drives seem to interpret it this way
> - * and return an error when 255 is used.
> + * For SCSI this byte is defined as subpage instead of high byte of
> + * length and some IDE drives seem to interpret it this way and return
> + * an error when 255 is used.
this change was also dropped
[...]
> - * If the tape is still busy, postpone our request and service
> - * the other device meanwhile.
> + * If the tape is still busy, postpone our request and service the other
> + * device meanwhile.
same here
[...]
> /*
> - * ide_setup is called to:
> + * The function below is called to:
> *
> - * 1. Initialize our various state variables.
> - * 2. Ask the tape for its capabilities.
> - * 3. Allocate a buffer which will be used for data
> - * transfer. The buffer size is chosen based on
> - * the recommendation which we received in step (2).
> - *
> - * Note that at this point ide.c already assigned us an irq, so that
> - * we can queue requests here and wait for their completion.
> + * 1. Initialize our various state variables.
> + * 2. Ask the tape for its capabilities.
> + * 3. Allocate a buffer which will be used for data transfer. The buffer size is
> + * chosen based on the recommendation which we received in step 2. Note that at
"Note" is for the whole comment not only step 3.
> + * this point ide.c already assigned us an irq, so that we can queue requests
> + * here and wait for their completion.
> */
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