Re: areca-raid-linux-scsi-driver.patch added to -mm tree

[Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>]

On Fri, Aug 05 2005, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > +
> > +				while (1) {
> > +					int64_t span4G, length0;
> > +					PSG64ENTRY pdma_sg = (PSG64ENTRY) psge;
> > +
> > +					span4G =
> > +					    (int64_t) address_lo + tmplength;
> > +					pdma_sg->addresshigh = address_hi;
> > +					pdma_sg->address = address_lo;
> > +					if (span4G > 0x100000000ULL) {
> > +						/*see if cross 4G boundary */
> 
> the linux block layer will guarantee that that doesn't happen afaik

yes, it even does it by default. so that code can be removed.

I agree with the other suggestions made.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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