[PATCH] sound: fix emu8000 DRAM sized 512 KiB too small

From: David Flater
Date: Mon Aug 27 2012 - 20:38:08 EST


[PATCH] sound: fix emu8000 DRAM sized 512 KiB too small

Applicable to 3.5.3 mainline.

In emu8000.c, size_dram determines the amount of memory on the sound card by
doing write/readback tests starting at 512 KiB and incrementing by 512 KiB.
On success, detected_size is updated to the successful address and testing
continues. On failure, the loop is immediately exited. The resulting
detected_size is 512 KiB too small except in two special cases:

1. If there is no memory, the initial 0 value of detected_size is used, which
is correct.
2. If the address space wraps around, detected_size is updated before the
bailout, so the result is correct.

The patch corrects all cases and was tested with an AWE64 Gold. Before:
EMU8000 [0x620]: 3584 Kb on-board memory detected
asfxload 4GMGSMT.SF2 (4174814 B) fails.
After:
EMU8000 [0x620]: 4096 Kb on-board memory detected
asfxload 4GMGSMT.SF2 succeeds.

C.f. Bug 46451 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46451

Signed-off-by: David Flater <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Note: I am having newbie problems with git, so I am unable to determine
easily whether this was a regression or a primordial bug.
git clone http://pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git gitkernel
Cloning into gitkernel...
warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout.

--- linux-3.5.2/sound/isa/sb/emu8000.c~ 2012-08-15 10:55:25.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-3.5.2/sound/isa/sb/emu8000.c 2012-08-25 20:22:00.482446406 -0400
@@ -417,9 +417,6 @@ size_dram(struct snd_emu8000 *emu)
EMU8000_SMLD_READ(emu); /* discard stale data */
if (EMU8000_SMLD_READ(emu) != UNIQUE_ID2)
break; /* no memory at this address */
-
- detected_size = size;
-
snd_emu8000_read_wait(emu);

/*
@@ -432,6 +429,9 @@ size_dram(struct snd_emu8000 *emu)
if (EMU8000_SMLD_READ(emu) != UNIQUE_ID1)
break; /* we must have wrapped around */
snd_emu8000_read_wait(emu);
+
+ /* Otherwise, it's valid memory. */
+ detected_size = size + 512 * 1024;
}

/* wait until FULL bit in SMAxW register is false */
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