Cc: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
---
drivers/ide/ide-tape.c | 21 ---------------------
1 file changed, 21 deletions(-)
Index: b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
===================================================================
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -758,27 +758,6 @@ static ide_startstop_t idetape_pc_intr(i
if (pc->flags & PC_FLAG_DMA_IN_PROGRESS) {
if (hwif->dma_ops->dma_end(drive) || (stat & ERR_STAT)) {
- /*
- * A DMA error is sometimes expected. For example,
- * if the tape is crossing a filemark during a
- * READ command, it will issue an irq and position
- * itself before the filemark, so that only a partial
- * data transfer will occur (which causes the DMA
- * error). In that case, we will later ask the tape
- * how much bytes of the original request were
- * actually transferred (we can't receive that
- * information from the DMA engine on most chipsets).
- */
-
- /*
- * On the contrary, a DMA error is never expected;
- * it usually indicates a hardware error or abort.
- * If the tape crosses a filemark during a READ
- * command, it will issue an irq and position itself
- * after the filemark (not before). Only a partial
- * data transfer will occur, but no DMA error.
- * (AS, 19 Apr 2001)
- */
pc->flags |= PC_FLAG_DMA_ERROR;
} else {
pc->xferred = pc->req_xfer;
--
