Re: [PATCH] Resurrect IT8172 IDE controller driver

["Shane McDonald" <mcdonald.shane@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Sergei Shtylyov
<sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Alan Cox wrote:
>
>>>>  It's 240, not 242 ns as 33 is actually 33.333.
>
>>>  The maximum values give cycle time of 480 ns menaing that the controller
>>> doesn't support PIO mode 0. Hm...
>
>> Even if you clear the enable for the timing register ?
>
>   These fast timing bits are documented as reserved.

The spec says that PIO mode 0 is supported, but Sergei is correct --
the maximum values give a cycle time of 480 ns.  How can this be?  The
old driver appeared to have tried to support PIO mode 0 by setting to
the maximum.

  Which fast timing bits are documented as reserved?  My spec has the
IDE Drive 0/1 Recovery Time and IDE Drive 0/1 Pulse Width bits in it.
Are there other timing bits that aren't documented in my spec?

  Please excuse my dumb question -- I'm a little over my head here.

>> Alan
>
> MBR, Sergei

Shane