MWDMA0 timings cannot be met with the PIIX based controller
programming interface.
This change should be safe as this is how we have been doing
things in IDE it8213 host driver for years.
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx>
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Verified with the documentation (similar case as with pata_efar).
Uhhh, no...
Too many damn drivers.
Too much damn duplication.
Too much damn subtle differences here and there.
The hardware is probably fine for MWMDA0 when it comes to pata_{efar,it8213},
it just not documented properly in the data sheet.
How so with pata_efar? The active/recovery bitfields are still 2-bit wide, no?
Yes but when TIMEx bit is disabled we are using XFER_PIO_SLOW timings.
600 ns cycle vs spec'ed 480 ns? Is it really worth it?
960 ns actually
All data sheets including original Intel ones are a complete crap when it
comes to explicitly documenting this behavior.
OTOH all drivers set TIMEx for MWDMA0 currently.. ?
... which would give a grossly overclocked timing.
Except ata_piix which blacklists MWDMA0 for _all_ PATA controllers.. :)
I'm leaving my patches as they were for now, unless somebody wants to
untangle this mess this is a safest and quickest way forward..