Re: [PATCH 09/14] ata: Use 32bit DMA in AHCI for Loongson 3.

[Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 05:04:14PM +0800, huacai chen wrote:
> Do you means it is a better idea to modify "enum board_ids" and add a
> new board id such as board_ahci_sb700_loongson, and then add a new
> entry in ahci_port_info[]?
> If so, I think there is a problem: the pci id of our AHCI controller
> is 1002:4390, if I add board_ahci_sb700_loongson, then I should also
> add
> { PCI_VDEVICE(ATI, 0x4390), board_ahci_sb700_loongson },
> in ahci_pci_tbl[], but ahci_pci_tbl[] already has a line
> { PCI_VDEVICE(ATI, 0x4390), board_ahci_sb700 },
> Then which entry will match the device?

Before you do anything, my question is:

SB700/800 chipsets don't need to set a 32-bit only DMA flag; why do you
need it when you use the same chipset?

So why do you need to do 32-bit DMA only when the chipset supports
64-bit DMA just fine?

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.