Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] ata: pata_falcon: add data_swab option to byte-swap disk data

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Hi Finn,

On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 9:43 AM Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Aug 2023, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > Some users of pata_falcon on Q40 have IDE disks in default
> > IDE little endian byte order, whereas legacy disks use
> > host-native big-endian byte order as on the Atari Falcon.
> >
> > Add module parameter 'data_swab' to allow connecting drives
> > with non-native data byte order. Drives selected by the
> > data_swap bit mask will have their user data byte-swapped to
> > host byte order, i.e. 'pata_falcon.data_swab=2' will byte-swap
> > all user data on drive B, leaving data on drive A in native
> > byte order. On Q40, drives on a second IDE interface may be
> > added to the bit mask as bits 2 and 3.
> >
> > Default setting is no byte swapping, i.e. compatibility with
> > the native Falcon or Q40 operating system disk format.
> >
> > Cc: William R Sowerbutts <will@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@xxxxxxxxx>

> > --- a/drivers/ata/pata_falcon.c
> > +++ b/drivers/ata/pata_falcon.c
> > @@ -199,6 +205,8 @@ static int __init pata_falcon_init_one(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >       ap->ioaddr.altstatus_addr       = ctl_base + io_offset;
> >       ap->ioaddr.ctl_addr             = ctl_base + io_offset;
> >
> > +     ap->private_data = (void *)(uintptr_t)(pata_falcon_swap_mask >> (2 * pdev->id));
> > +
>
> My compiler doesn't need that extra type cast in there...

Because it's a 32-bit compiler ;-)
With a 64-bit compiler, you would get

    warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
[-Wint-to-pointer-cast]

Alternatively, you can change pata_falcon_swap_mask from int to long.

>
> >       irq_res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_IRQ, 0);
> >       if (irq_res && irq_res->start > 0) {
> >               irq = irq_res->start;
> >


Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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