linux-kernel - Re: "blocked for more than 120 secs" --> a valid situation, how to prevent?

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Message-ID: <4C9C4399.6080602@hardwarefreak.com>
Date:	Fri, 24 Sep 2010 01:22:17 -0500
From:	Stan Hoeppner <stan@...dwarefreak.com>
To:	Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>
CC:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: "blocked for more than 120 secs" --> a valid situation, how to
 prevent?

Mark Lord put forth on 9/24/2010 12:31 AM:
> On 10-09-23 11:48 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>> Kyle McMartin put forth on 9/23/2010 8:37 PM:
>>> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 07:51:48PM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>>>> ~$ man hdparm
>>>>
>>>
>>> kyle@...adnought ~ $ hdparm
>>> hdparm - get/set hard disk parameters - version v9.27, by Mark Lord.
>>>                                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> [...]
>>
>> Please pardon me while I wipe this egg off my face. :)
>>
>> My apologies Mark.  Please feel free to publicly flog me if you wish.
> 
> Chuckle.  :)
> 
> But you did manage to prompt me to remove that obsolete warning
> from the --security-* commands in hdparm.  They are rather well tested
> at this point in the game.
> 
> hdparm-9.31 is now released, with some fixes to --security,
> and with the nasty warnings mostly removed.
> 
> Thanks!

I guess it's a good thing when one can commit such a public blunder and
still manage to be somewhat helpful?  If so I don't feel 'quite' so
sheepish now.  :)

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own documentation. ;)

-- 
Stan
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