From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 11:09:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 11:09:11 -0500 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:6021 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 11:09:09 -0500 Subject: Re: 2.4.21-pre2 IDE problems From: Alan Cox To: Marijn Ros Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <87isxa4c1k.fsf@214pc221.sshunet.nl> References: <87isxa4c1k.fsf@214pc221.sshunet.nl> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 31 Dec 2002 16:59:36 +0000 Message-Id: <1041353976.17415.11.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2002-12-31 at 12:18, Marijn Ros wrote: > However, when I try the new 2.4.21-pre2 taskfile IO setting, I get a > 'hda: lost interrupt' message every 30 seconds (the timeout period I > guess) during disk IO, making the machine unusable. I know this > setting is experimental, but I guess you would like to know about my > problems before the old code is phased out completely. Taskfile I/O as opposed to ioctl is broken for PIO. I know about this and I've disabled it. I don't plan to fix that path for 2.4 but to keep the old read/write paths to reduce risk