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SubjectRe: 2.6.29-rc libata sff 32bit PIO regression
Hello.

Alan Cox wrote:

>>>> > I've a Dell Precision 670 here (four-year-old EM64T Xeon with ata_piix)
>>>> > which doesn't like your commit 871af1210f13966ab911ed2166e4ab2ce775b99d
>>>> > libata: Add 32bit PIO support. Full dmesg (and .config) attached, but
>>>> > here's an extract showing the start of the error messages on ata2:
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Cool - so we need two different 32bit PIO methods - at least according to
>>> the docs for the AMD we should use entirely 32bit I/O there. Fun fun
>>>
>>>
>> Could you refer me to the exact AMD doc that requires that?
>>
>
> AMD762 page 82, under DevB:1x40 bit 14 and bit 12
>

What exactly AMD-762 document has this? I'm not seeing it in either
stasheet ot software/BIOS design guide. Besides, AMD-762 is a north
bridge and doesn't include IDE.

> "Note: only 32-bit writes to the data port are allowed when this bit is
> set."
>

Now tell me who forces you to set that bit (I assume it's the write
buffer enable) for the ATAPI devices?

WBR, Sergei




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