Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux/Pro -- clusters | Date | Thu, 6 Dec 2001 22:40:36 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> cludging a utility to patch a running kernel (don't ask) to increase that > timeout. Turned out the drive needed a little over three hours to tell me > it couldn't format. > > Frankly, format should really have NO timeout. Or possibly a user- > specified one.
For generic packet interfaces the "abort" operation becomes something you can put in the hands of user space, as well as progress reports - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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