From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:25:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:25:09 -0500 Received: from adsl-63-195-162-81.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net ([63.195.162.81]:54026 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:24:52 -0500 Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 17:24:11 -0800 (PST) From: Andre Hedrick To: Linus Torvalds cc: John Heil , Alan Cox , Vojtech Pavlik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch In-Reply-To: Message-ID: 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 On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > I told you that I have the new code that is scheduled for 2.5 certified on > > analizers to be technically correct as it relates to the "state diagrams" > > in the standard. > > "Technically correct" and "state diagrams as in the standard" mean less > that nothing to me. > > They have very little to do with the concept of "working", which is all I > really personally care about. Translation: You can do a bit level tracking of data and verify that what went down you get it back across the entire disk. This can be done in a random-pattern that does not over-write (obvious) or from head->tail or tail->head. It works perfectly and exactly as it is defined to work by the rules. Getting the rules correct == 'the concept of "working"'. However that model of IO is not complete yet. :-(( Cheers, Andre Hedrick Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/