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authorBartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>2008-04-26 22:25:22 +0200
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au1xxx-ide: fix MWDMA support
Always use "fast" MWDMA support and remove dma_{black,white}_list (they were based on completely bogus ->ide_dma_check implementation which didn't set neither the host controller timings nor the device for the desired transfer mode). Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README46
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 46 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README b/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README
index 5c8334123f4f..25a6ed1aaa5b 100644
--- a/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README
+++ b/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ Two files are introduced:
a) 'include/asm-mips/mach-au1x00/au1xxx_ide.h'
containes : struct _auide_hwif
- struct drive_list_entry dma_white_list
- struct drive_list_entry dma_black_list
timing parameters for PIO mode 0/1/2/3/4
timing parameters for MWDMA 0/1/2
@@ -63,12 +61,6 @@ Four configs variables are introduced:
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_SEQTS_PER_RQ - maximum transfer size
per descriptor
-If MWDMA is enabled and the connected hard disc is not on the white list, the
-kernel switches to a "safe mwdma mode" at boot time. In this mode the IDE
-performance is substantial slower then in full speed mwdma. In this case
-please add your hard disc to the white list (follow instruction from 'ADD NEW
-HARD DISC TO WHITE OR BLACK LIST' section).
-
SUPPORTED IDE MODES
-------------------
@@ -120,44 +112,6 @@ CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
Also undefine 'IDE_AU1XXX_BURSTMODE' in 'drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c' to
disable the burst support on DBDMA controller.
-ADD NEW HARD DISC TO WHITE OR BLACK LIST
-----------------------------------------
-
-Step 1 : detect the model name of your hard disc
-
- a) connect your hard disc to the AU1XXX
-
- b) boot your kernel and get the hard disc model.
-
- Example boot log:
-
- --snipped--
- Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
- ide: Assuming 50MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
- Au1xxx IDE(builtin) configured for MWDMA2
- Probing IDE interface ide0...
- hda: Maxtor 6E040L0, ATA DISK drive
- ide0 at 0xac800000-0xac800007,0xac8001c0 on irq 64
- hda: max request size: 64KiB
- hda: 80293248 sectors (41110 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, (U)DMA
- --snipped--
-
- In this example 'Maxtor 6E040L0'.
-
-Step 2 : edit 'include/asm-mips/mach-au1x00/au1xxx_ide.h'
-
- Add your hard disc to the dma_white_list or dma_black_list structur.
-
-Step 3 : Recompile the kernel
-
- Enable MWDMA support in the kernel configuration. Recompile the kernel and
- reboot.
-
-Step 4 : Tests
-
- If you have add a hard disc to the white list, please run some stress tests
- for verification.
-
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
---------------