Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 27 Jun 2001 09:54:06 -0700 (PDT) | | From | Andre Hedrick <> | | Subject | Re: Patch(2.4.5): Fix PCMCIA ATA/IDE freeze (w/ PCI add-in cards) |
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Alan,
It is an issue that we have been trying to get fixed, and only after obsoleting ATA-2 did their attention at CFA become alarmed. I agree that there needs to be a fix, but not at the price of locking the rest of the driver. Since we now the identity of the device prior to assigned the interrupt we can handle the execption, but you do not go around blanket wacking the control register of all devices.
You know yourself first and all the screwed up ATAPI products that are still using SFF-8020 that has been obsoleted before I start maintaining the subsystem three plus years ago.
The only way to get hardware fixed is to point out is broken and force the issue.
I have one of these broken device with me, but I quit using it because of that hardware flaw, mostly because I did not have the time to deal with CFA and there lameness to follow the rules even when huge amounts of time have passed between the notification and execution of obsolesense (sp).
Since David claims it is a known error we need to take the dirty list in ide.c dealing with CFA's that are detected by name strings or correctly putting in the CFA signature in word0 of identify.
I have no problem in fixing it, just blanket chopper gunning is not always safe.
Cheers,
Andre Hedrick ASL Kernel Development Linux ATA Development ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASL, Inc. Toll free: 1-877-ASL-3535 1757 Houret Court Fax: 1-408-941-2071 Milpitas, CA 95035 Web: www.aslab.com On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I can not help if you have a device that not compliant to the rules. > > ATA-2 is OBSOLETED thus we forced (the NCITS Standards Body) the CFA > > ATA-2 may be obsolete but existing ATA-2 hardware doesnt spontaenously > combust when the spec changes (much Im sure to some vendors dissappointmnent) >
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