Re: [patch ide-dev 7/9] convert disk flush functions to use REQ_DRIVE_TASKFILE

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Sunday 27 February 2005 05:51, Tejun Heo wrote:
>  Hello, Bartlomiej,
> 
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 03:45:39PM +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > 
> > Original patch from Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>,
> > ported over recent IDE changes by me.
> > 
> > * teach ide_tf_get_address() about CHS
> 
>  IMHO, as patch #4 moves LBA/CHS selection into taskfile, I think
> using taskfile->device to determine whether LBA or CHS is used instead
> of drive->select makes more sense.
>
> > * use ide_tf_get_address() and remove ide_get_error_location()
> 
>  IIRC, error responses for WIN_FLUSH_CACHE is in CHS if the LBA bit in
> the device register is zero; likewise, in LBA if the LBA bit is one.
> I don't know if drives can change the LBA bit when posting error
> result.  The original code reads back the device register on error to
> determine whether to interpret the error response in CHS or LBA.
> (ATA/ATAPI-6 isn't clear on this issue.  Is ATA/ATAPI-7 updated?)

The thing is that LBA bit is marked as "na" for FLUSH CACHE
in all ATA/ATAPI drafts that I've seen.

>  This change combined with patch #2/#5 can make error address
> calculation wrong on LBA28 drives.  I think setting the LBA bit in the
> device register according to the drive's addressing mode in
> ide_task_init_flush() and use taskfile->device in ide_tf_get_address()
> should fix the problem.

I will change the code to set LBA bit, it shouldn't hurt. :-)
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