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Message-ID: <20070608163804.4926e499@the-village.bc.nu>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 16:38:04 +0100
From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Gregor Jasny <gjasny@...glemail.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: Linux v2.6.22-rc3
> See a URL I posted earlier in this thread. With dumb ATAPI devices we
> actually have to wait a bit for BSY to be asserted. Not only at reset,
> but also for every command
400nS and the current code correctly accounts for it.
> > How about limiting nsect/lbal wait duration? Say, 100ms or 500ms? That
> > can somewhat ease our paranoia and should show acceptable behavior for
> > braindead devices too.
>
> That's quite reasonable.
Agreed - means the IT821x takes a bit longer to respond but ensures that
we avoid any unpleasant suprises elsewhere.
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