linux-kernel - Re: Fwd: [PATCH] [RFC] ataflop: remove buggy IRQ disable from do_fd

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Date:	Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:24:44 +0200
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Michael Schmitz <schmitz@...phys.uni-duesseldorf.de>
Cc:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Fwd: [PATCH] [RFC] ataflop: remove buggy IRQ disable from do_fd_request()

Michael Schmitz <schmitz@...phys.uni-duesseldorf.de> writes:

> That. too :-) What I meant to say - the reason why someone chose to comment out 
> the original sti() wasn't really clear. I guess the reason for that particular 
> change has been lost in the pre-git or bk era.

FWIW, this can be traced back to as much as the 2.0 era (1996).  Going
back further is difficult because a lot of files on ftp.uni-erlangen.de
are corrupt.

Andreas.

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