[PATCH]: [MPC5200] Add ATA DMA support
Grant Likely
grant.likely at secretlab.ca
Wed Aug 13 16:02:01 EST 2008
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:57 PM, Tim Yamin <plasm at roo.me.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 6:30 PM, Daniel Schnell
> <daniel.schnell at marel.com> wrote:
>> Hi Tim,
>>
>> Continuing the discussion on the mailing list ...
>>
>> Looking at the original patch I don't undestand why you had to duplicate
>> the bestcomm data structures and functions. The only apparent difference
>> is that you have a minimal data length of 2 bytes instead of 1. Does
>> this make any difference as the bd_size will be filled with the correct
>> length value anyway ?
>
> The "new" version of the patch does this the correct way. I just
> haven't back ported this to the 2.6.24 version that I sent you.
While on this topic; have you had a chance to address the comments you
received on v2 of your patch? I'm keen to get your change merged in,
but there are a few more things that need to be sorted out.
Cheers,
g.
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Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.
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