flag to clear, even when the COMMAND COMPLETE interrupt already did happen,
otherwise we get ATTENTION ERROR for next command if it happens soon
enough; this fixes the reliability problems introduced by previous change
some other cleanup & simlify of edc_cmd_wait()/edc_run_cmd(), the 'secs'
is just a hint used in !poll case only
add some comments
move status_block[] back to edc_mca_softc, to save stack memory
make #ifdef DEBUG #ifdef EDC_DEBUG and g/c some obsolete debug stuff
make some EAGAINs EIOs
edc_intr(): wakeup the waiter for any command, not just READ/WRITE DATA
not support a value (e.g., it's to be used as "options FOO" instead of
"options FOO=xxx"). options that take a value were converted to
defparam recently.
- minor whitespace & formatting cleanups
for the i82596 PORT access interface, from the documentation
for that chip. These help clarify writes to the SYSBUS
part of the SCP, and PORT usage by i82596-aware drivers.
* simplify and clean the attach code a lot, and support the 'drive'
locator
* pass proper dev_t to readdisklabel() - formerly, the passed value was
completely broken (used incorrect major and wrong minor), but worked
by accident
* worker thread is now spawned per controller, rather than per-drive;
i/o cannot be done concurrently by different drivers, only one
i/o can be pending at any time
* simplify the command queue code, just sleep appropriately when
!poll case, g/c 'async' code formerly needed, move the bio code
from ed_mca.c to edc_mca.c:edc_bio()
* other misc cleanups
the MCA DMA controller access. This also means we gain >16MB RAM support.
While here, overhaul the driver to saner state, especially:
* simplify and clean the attach code a lot, and support the 'drive'
locator
* pass proper dev_t to readdisklabel() - formerly, the passed value was
completely broken (used incorrect major and wrong minor), but worked
by accident
* worker thread is now spawned per controller, rather than per-drive;
i/o cannot be done concurrently by different drivers, only one
i/o can be pending at any time
* simplify the command queue code, just sleep appropriately when
!poll case, g/c 'async' code formerly needed, move the bio code
from ed_mca.c to edc_mca.c:edc_bio()
* put all string arrays used by edc_dump_status_block() within #ifdef EDC_DEBUG,
and use numbers instead if it's not defined; this cuts object size by 5KB
* other misc cleanups
DIAGNOSTIC/DEBUG from the kernel. This helped to boost the performance
on my test machine from ~5KB/s to like 800KB/s for ftp test, and
to like 700KB/s for netio test. I wouldn't have imagined the options
are THAT costly ....
and for initial autoconf probes; the latter eliminates need for
deferred configuration (and makes dmesg a bit nicer).
g/c EDF_IODONE flag - protect against interrupt by calling tsleep()
at splbio in worker thread
g/c unneeded stuff, improve some autoconf messages
Both models tested and seem to be quite stable and fast.
Thanks to:
- Hans Hubner <hans@Huebner.org> for giving me the cards for testing
- Georg Klug of Syskonnect, who provided me with hw docs for these cards,
very promptly and willingly - I wish all vendors would be like this
- Alfred Arnold, Linux SKNET driver author, for giving me valuable Syskonnect
contact :)
hannken