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From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 02:56:32AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Should ahci.c have a data_xfer vector?  Right now it's left at NULL.

Definitely not.

If it needs one, something is _very very_ wrong.

Unlike traditional IDE interface (which most SATA uses), ahci and
sata_sil24 do PIO over DMA, and that is hooked at a much higher level
(->qc_issue).

I would be very interested in a trackback with symbol info...

	Jeff