Re: "Fix ATAPI transfer lengths" causes CD writing regression

[Alan Cox]

> > Would need to double check the SCSI specificatons to be sure but I think
> > you are asking for less data than the drive wishes to provide. You
> > aren't allowed to do that with ATA.
> 
> ide-cd handles this by throwing the excess away, which I think is the
> sane way to do this.

It also fails for some cases because the controller snoops the length
information in the packet command.

Alan
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