From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 30 Mar 2002 12:26:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 30 Mar 2002 12:26:18 -0500 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:28932 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 30 Mar 2002 12:26:04 -0500 Subject: Re: PDC20269 error handling problem To: manfred@colorfullife.com (Manfred Spraul) Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 17:42:49 +0000 (GMT) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <005401c1d7d7$20d53a30$010411ac@local> from "Manfred Spraul" at Mar 30, 2002 11:38:33 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > * the fallback causes a total system hang if the drive is connected to > the promise controller. > * it hangs on the "rep;insw;" instruction in ata_input_data(), called by > try_to_flush_leftover_data(). That does sound like the drive didnt fall back properly - the rep insw would then hang when the controller hangs the bus indefinitely waiting for a data byte. Probably something got a little broken in the IDE updates Alan