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On Tue, 28 May 2002 04:31:20 +0000, Steve Ambrose wrote:
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>When the device has received the number of words programmed in the sector 
>count register, it will de-asset DMARQ. But the host controller may not see 
>end of transfer and as a result the device may
>end up receiving 2 to 3 extra words (depending on the UDMA mode) ?
>Does the device treat this as an error condition ? Or does it
>just discard these words ?

The device is allowed to "ignore" the extra words (but those words
are included in the CRC check).

However, as has been describe many times before, a host that does not
properly program its DMA engine is a BROKEN HOST.



*** Hale Landis *** www.ata-atapi.com ***



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