Re: [PATCH] aic7xxx driver. Restrict DMA to 32bit for 29320LPE Adaptec SCSI controller

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On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 08:08 -0700, Anil K. Ravindranath wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We have not heard any comments or inputs on this patch. 
> 
> With regards,
>   Anil
> 
> On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 05:45 -0700, Anil K. Ravindranath wrote:
> > Subject: [PATCH] aic7xxx driver. Restrict DMA to 32bit for 29320LPE
> > Adaptec SCSI controller
> > 
> > Contribution:
> > 
> > Anil Ravindranath <anil_ravindranath@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Issue:
> > 
> > Data Bursts that cross from 32- to 64-Bit address space have incorrect
> > address for 29320LPE. This leads to potential data corruption.

Where do you think you see this happening?  The block layer has a
dma_boundary parameter (basically a mask which it refuses to allow dma
to cross).  By default this is set to 4GB (because a lot of PCI cards
have difficulty going from non-DAC to DAC).  The aic79xx driver does
nothing to alter this, so you shouldn't be seeing any DMA segments
crossing the 4GB boundary.

James


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