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    libata: automatically use DMADIR if drive/bridge requires it · 91163006
    Tejun Heo authored
    
    
    Back in 2.6.17-rc2, a libata module parameter was added for atapi_dmadir.
    
    That's nice, but most SATA devices which need it will tell us about it
    in their IDENTIFY PACKET response, as bit-15 of word-62 of the
    returned data (as per ATA7, ATA8 specifications).
    
    So for those which specify it, we should automatically use the DMADIR bit.
    Otherwise, disc writing will fail by default on many SATA-ATAPI drives.
    
    This patch adds ATA_DFLAG_DMADIR and make ata_dev_configure() set it
    if atapi_dmadir is set or identify data indicates DMADIR is necessary.
    atapi_xlat() is converted to check ATA_DFLAG_DMADIR before setting
    DMADIR.
    
    Original patch is from Mark Lord.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
    Cc: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
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