[parisc-linux] dd and 2k transfers on A500
Grant Grundler
grundler@cup.hp.com
Wed, 27 Dec 2000 12:35:00 -0800
Grant Grundler wrote:
> I'm using local disks on the A500 to do the following:
> for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do dd if=/dev/sdd of=t$i \
> bs=2k count=1; od -A x -t xC t$i > x$i; done
Problem solved. Loosing page offset bits in the last "chunk"
of a scatter-gather list. We end up DMAing to the wrong part
of the page. Fix was tested on 32-bit/C3k and should work on
A500 as well now.
my apologies for the stupid mistake,
grant