Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:39:10 -0600 | From | Robert Hancock <> | Subject | Re: sata_nv + ADMA + Samsung disk problem |
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Jeff Garzik wrote: > Tejun Heo wrote: >> Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation. Nvidia ppl, any ideas? >> FLUSH is used regularly. We really need to fix this. > > > I reiterate my opinion :) ... We should remove ADMA support from > sata_nv. It's only in a few chips, it's not appearing in any new chips, > and nasty problems have lingered since ADMA support was introduced. > > Definitely sounds like we should disable ADMA by default for 2.6.24-rc, > too.
I wouldn't agree.. It's only in a few chips (CK804/MCP04), but those chips are very common in desktop, workstation, even some server machines. Given the huge number of these chips out there, problem reports have been quite rare.
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