RE: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v3)

2007-12-20 Thread shyam_iyer
Robert Hancock wrote: >@@ -1153,6 +1164,15 @@ > pp->notifier_clear_block = pp->gen_block + > NV_ADMA_NOTIFIER_CLEAR + (4 * ap->port_no); > >+ /* Now that the legacy PRD and padding buffer are allocated we can >+ safely raise the DMA mask to allocate the CPB/APRD

RE: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v3)

2007-12-20 Thread shyam_iyer
Robert Hancock wrote: @@ -1153,6 +1164,15 @@ pp-notifier_clear_block = pp-gen_block + NV_ADMA_NOTIFIER_CLEAR + (4 * ap-port_no); + /* Now that the legacy PRD and padding buffer are allocated we can + safely raise the DMA mask to allocate the CPB/APRD table. +

RE: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v3)

2007-12-18 Thread Shyam_Iyer
>ata1.00: XXX DMA address 202275000 is above 32bit Tejun-I find the allocation always above 32bit with the following tests - 1) kernel-2.6.24-rc5 + the 32 bit limiting patch that you provided in a previous posting. 2) vanilla-2.6.24-rc5. But I don't find the DMA allocation above 32bit in the

RE: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v3)

2007-12-18 Thread Shyam_Iyer
The dmesg snippet with the patched kernel. This does not contain my patch. Linux version 2.6.24-rc5-default ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.2 20070115 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)) #2 SMP Thu Dec 13 15:38:25 IST 2007 Command line:

RE: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v3)

2007-12-18 Thread Shyam_Iyer
The dmesg snippet with the patched kernel. This does not contain my patch. Linux version 2.6.24-rc5-default ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.2 20070115 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)) #2 SMP Thu Dec 13 15:38:25 IST 2007 Command line:

RE: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v3)

2007-12-18 Thread Shyam_Iyer
ata1.00: XXX DMA address 202275000 is above 32bit Tejun-I find the allocation always above 32bit with the following tests - 1) kernel-2.6.24-rc5 + the 32 bit limiting patch that you provided in a previous posting. 2) vanilla-2.6.24-rc5. But I don't find the DMA allocation above 32bit in the

Re: Re: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v3)

2007-12-17 Thread shyam_iyer
I found that the patch Robert has provided hasn't gone into 2.6.24-rc5 so maybe it is not working. At the same time I did apply a small patch to 2.6.24-rc5 that seems to fix the issue. I feel this could just be added to 2.6.24-rc5 without Robert's patch because of Jeff Garzik's" sata_nv:

Re: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v3)

2007-12-17 Thread shyam_iyer
Hello, I am seeing that this doesn't fix a Dell PowerEdge T105 which has the CK804 chipset. This system has a "HL-DT-ST" DVD-ROM (See dmesg with this posting) attached to the sata ports and has 8Gb physical memory. The SATA DVD rom gets detected but any I/O like dd or mount is not successful.

Re: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v3)

2007-12-17 Thread shyam_iyer
Hello, I am seeing that this doesn't fix a Dell PowerEdge T105 which has the CK804 chipset. This system has a "HL-DT-ST" DVD-ROM (See dmesg with this posting) attached to the sata ports and has 8Gb physical memory. The SATA DVD rom gets detected but any I/O like dd or mount is not successful.

Re: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v3)

2007-12-17 Thread shyam_iyer
Hello, I am seeing that this doesn't fix a Dell PowerEdge T105 which has the CK804 chipset. This system has a HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM (See dmesg with this posting) attached to the sata ports and has 8Gb physical memory. The SATA DVD rom gets detected but any I/O like dd or mount is not successful.

Re: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v3)

2007-12-17 Thread shyam_iyer
Hello, I am seeing that this doesn't fix a Dell PowerEdge T105 which has the CK804 chipset. This system has a HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM (See dmesg with this posting) attached to the sata ports and has 8Gb physical memory. The SATA DVD rom gets detected but any I/O like dd or mount is not successful.

Re: Re: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB (v3)

2007-12-17 Thread shyam_iyer
I found that the patch Robert has provided hasn't gone into 2.6.24-rc5 so maybe it is not working. At the same time I did apply a small patch to 2.6.24-rc5 that seems to fix the issue. I feel this could just be added to 2.6.24-rc5 without Robert's patch because of Jeff Garzik's sata_nv: don't