From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263818AbUGRMLU (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:11:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263824AbUGRMLU (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:11:20 -0400 Received: from web40305.mail.yahoo.com ([66.218.78.84]:24138 "HELO web40305.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263818AbUGRMLT (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:11:19 -0400 Message-ID: <20040718121118.49741.qmail@web40305.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 05:11:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Adrian Sandor Subject: Re: disabling irq, nobody cared To: Jan Dittmer Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <40FA6230.7030506@portrix.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --- Jan Dittmer wrote: > I don't have any SATA disk either. Though it did > make a difference! > Have you actually tried to change it? I tried it now, and it indeed made a huge difference! And the effect was not a big failure to detect the disks as I expected, but.. the first kernel I tried (2.6.8-rc1) booted without any noticeable error or problem! (and windows xp was not affected) I'm completely baffled about this, and I'm left with two questions: 1. why? 2. does it have any negative side-effect (e.g. related to disk transfer performance)? Thanks a lot! Adrian __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Vote for the stars of Yahoo!'s next ad campaign! http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/yahoo/votelifeengine/