RE: Patch for ALI15x3 - Linux-MIPS kernel 2.4.22-rc3

["Jack Miller" <jack.miller@pioneer-pdt.com>]

  Alan,
    I am not so sure of that.  If you look at ide-disk.c:__ide_do_rw_disk(),
there is a local variable assignment statement:

  u8 lba48 = (drive->addressing = 1) ? 1 : 0;

  So it would seem that the problem is elswhere ?

  -Jack


> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org
> [mailto:linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org]On Behalf Of Alan Cox
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 4:57 PM
> To: Jack Miller
> Cc: Ralf Baechle; Linux-MIPS
> Subject: Re: Patch for ALI15x3 - Linux-MIPS kernel 2.4.22-rc3
>
>
> On Mer, 2003-11-12 at 18:43, Jack Miller wrote:
> >   Ralf,
> >     Please apply this patch for the file drivers/ide/pci/alim15x3.c.  It
> > fixes the LBA addressing mode for chip revisions <= 0xC4.  Thank-You.
>
> It seems to break it not fix it.
>
> addressing = 1 means no LBA48
> addressing = 0 means LBA48
>
> Alan
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