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authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2007-10-03 15:33:17 +1000
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2007-10-03 15:33:17 +1000
commit70f227d8846a8a9b1f36f71c42e11cc7c6e9408d (patch)
treefb4dd5c8240bdaada819fb569c01a392b52847b9 /drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
parenta0c7ce9c877ceef8428798ac91fb794f83609aed (diff)
parentf778089cb2445dfc6dfd30a7a567925fd8589f1e (diff)
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Merge branch 'linux-2.6' into for-2.6.24
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-rw-r--r--drivers/ata/libata-sff.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
index 1cce2198baaf..8023167bbbeb 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ void ata_bmdma_start (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
dmactl = ioread8(ap->ioaddr.bmdma_addr + ATA_DMA_CMD);
iowrite8(dmactl | ATA_DMA_START, ap->ioaddr.bmdma_addr + ATA_DMA_CMD);
- /* Strictly, one may wish to issue a readb() here, to
+ /* Strictly, one may wish to issue an ioread8() here, to
* flush the mmio write. However, control also passes
* to the hardware at this point, and it will interrupt
* us when we are to resume control. So, in effect,
@@ -307,6 +307,9 @@ void ata_bmdma_start (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
* is expected, so I think it is best to not add a readb()
* without first all the MMIO ATA cards/mobos.
* Or maybe I'm just being paranoid.
+ *
+ * FIXME: The posting of this write means I/O starts are
+ * unneccessarily delayed for MMIO
*/
}
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