linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable

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Date:	Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:16:12 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>
Cc:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	Suleiman Souhlal <ssouhlal@...ebsd.org>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable

O> >>    BTW, why the timeout is so damn long? 2*WAIT_CMD is 20 secs, and if DMA is 
> >>not complete or interrupt pending, it may wait 10 more secs...
> 
> > I really don't remember... :)
> 
> > Maybe Mark or Alan could help with figuring this out.
> 
>     They also have probably forgotten. :-)

Because that value seemed to work ok. Mark set the timeouts way back in
history and I never touched most of them.

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