On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 05:42:08PM +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
>
>> For 'addr' we may try to use 4 bytes instead of the current 32 ones but lets
>> fix the regression first.
>>
>
> Alas, TX4939 requeires 8-byte DMA address (and byte count) alignment.
> Another semi-compatible SFF-8038 implementation...
... which calls for a field in the capabilities and mechanical status page
saying something like: hello, I'm a xy device and I can do z bytes dma
alignment, otherwise I get cranky and don't work anymore :)
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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