if (host->quirks & SDHCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_ADMA_ZEROLEN_DESC) {
host->max_adma = 65532; /* 32-bit alignment */
mmc->max_seg_size = 65535;
+ /*
+ * sdhci_adma_table_pre() expects to define 1 DMA
+ * descriptor per segment, so the maximum segment size
+ * is set accordingly. SDHCI allows up to 64KiB per DMA
+ * descriptor (16-bit field), but some controllers do
+ * not support "zero means 65536" reducing the maximum
+ * for them to 65535. That is a problem if PAGE_SIZE is
+ * 64KiB because the block layer does not support
+ * max_seg_size < PAGE_SIZE, however
+ * sdhci_adma_table_pre() has a workaround to handle
+ * that case, and split the descriptor. Refer also
+ * comment in sdhci_adma_table_pre().
+ */
+ if (mmc->max_seg_size < PAGE_SIZE)
+ mmc->max_seg_size = PAGE_SIZE;
} else {
mmc->max_seg_size = 65536;
}