Re: [PATCH] sata_nv ADMA/NCQ support for nForce4

From: Mark Lord
Date: Mon Oct 16 2006 - 23:38:29 EST


Robert Hancock wrote:

+/* ADMA Physical Region Descriptor - one SG segment */
+struct nv_adma_prd {
+ __le64 addr;
+ __le32 len;
+ u8 flags;
+ u8 packet_len;
+ __le16 reserved;
+};
..
+/* ADMA Command Parameter Block
+ The first 5 SG segments are stored inside the Command Parameter Block itself.
+ If there are more than 5 segments the remainder are stored in a separate
+ memory area indicated by next_aprd. */
+struct nv_adma_cpb {
+ u8 resp_flags; //0
+ u8 reserved1; //1
+ u8 ctl_flags; //2
+ // len is length of taskfile in 64 bit words
+ u8 len; //3 + u8 tag; //4
+ u8 next_cpb_idx; //5
+ __le16 reserved2; //6-7
+ __le16 tf[12]; //8-31
+ struct nv_adma_prd aprd[5]; //32-111
+ __le64 next_aprd; //112-119
+ __le64 reserved3; //120-127
+};


Are those CPB / PRD structs endian-safe when using a big-endian CPU?

Cheers
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