Re: sata_svw data corruption, strange problems

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Mon Jun 23 2008 - 04:52:55 EST


On Mon 2008-06-23 10:39:40, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > + controller, the controller could hang. In other cases it
> > + could return partial data returning in data
> > + corruption. This problem has been seen in PPC systems and
>
> s/returning/resulting/ ?

Fix thinko in sata_svw comment.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx>

diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_svw.c b/drivers/ata/sata_svw.c
index fb13b82..d6313f1 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_svw.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_svw.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static void k2_bmdma_start_mmio(struct a
would become confused as to what to do with the data. In
the worst case when all the data is returned back to the
controller, the controller could hang. In other cases it
- could return partial data returning in data
+ could return partial data resulting in data
corruption. This problem has been seen in PPC systems and
can also appear on an system with very fast disks, where
the SATA controller is sitting behind a number of bridges,


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