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Message-ID: <4677E726.1080602@ru.mvista.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:24:38 +0400
From: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Linas Vepstas <linas@...tin.ibm.com>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] ide dma_timer_expiry, then hard lockup
Alan Cox wrote:
>>>>I can prepare a patch, but only with a lot of guidance. I can test
>>>>& debug, I'm highly motivated just right now ...
>>>If you've got a nice repeatable problem please try using the libata
>>>driver. That handles the error paths differently and doesn't try a FIFO
>>>drain which might matter in this case I guess.
>> FIFO drain for DMA commands?
> Welcome to the old IDE layer which I am so glad I left behind 8)
> ide_ata_error will try and do a PIO flush regardless of the command type
> if DRQ_STAT is asserted. See ide_dma_intr -> ide_error -> ...
Indeed... but the thing is we don't know what's asserted in this case --
remember, it's reading the status register that locks everything up...
> Alan
MBR, Sergei
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