From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz" <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Cc: "Elias Oltmanns" <eo@nebensachen.de>,
linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IDE: Fix HDIO_DRIVE_RESET handling
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:35:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080624143548.24dcf511@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <58cb370e0806240621g61370f56j660e31790dad89c3@mail.gmail.com>
> > I don't see why you think it's "hard". We have timeout handlers for many
> > commands and those reset/abort just fine.
>
> They are different beasts from user-space initiated abort operation
No they are not. They are the *same* thing in every respect.
You have the drive in an unknown state, you want it back. If your drive
lost a command due to noise or a firmware flaw you have no idea about the
state it is actually in (supposed to be is irrelevant)
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-24 13:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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[not found] ` <200806192247.25063.bzolnier@gmail.com>
2008-06-22 23:23 ` Elias Oltmanns
2008-06-22 23:28 ` Elias Oltmanns
2008-06-23 7:47 ` Elias Oltmanns
2008-06-23 22:47 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2008-06-23 9:16 ` Alan Cox
2008-06-24 7:02 ` Elias Oltmanns
2008-06-24 9:10 ` Alan Cox
2008-06-23 22:41 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2008-06-24 7:12 ` Elias Oltmanns
2008-06-22 23:32 ` [PATCH 2/4] IDE: Remove unused code Elias Oltmanns
2008-06-22 23:35 ` [PATCH 3/4] Update documentation of HDIO_DRIVE_RESET ioctl Elias Oltmanns
2008-06-22 23:38 ` [PATCH 4/4] IDE: Report errors during drive reset back to user space Elias Oltmanns
2008-06-23 9:18 ` [PATCH] IDE: Fix HDIO_DRIVE_RESET handling Alan Cox
2008-06-23 22:41 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2008-06-24 7:23 ` Elias Oltmanns
2008-06-24 11:06 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2008-06-24 12:32 ` Alan Cox
2008-06-24 13:21 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2008-06-24 13:35 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2008-06-24 14:19 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2008-06-24 14:33 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2008-06-25 11:23 ` Elias Oltmanns
2008-06-25 11:27 ` [PATCH 1/4 v2] " Elias Oltmanns
2008-06-25 11:28 ` [PATCH 2/4 v2] IDE: Remove unused code Elias Oltmanns
2008-06-25 11:29 ` [PATCH 3/4 v2] Update documentation of HDIO_DRIVE_RESET ioctl Elias Oltmanns
2008-06-25 11:30 ` [PATCH 4/4 v2] IDE: Report errors during drive reset back to user space Elias Oltmanns
2008-06-25 20:24 ` [PATCH] IDE: Fix HDIO_DRIVE_RESET handling Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
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