Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 08 Mar 2002 13:36:25 +0100 | From | Martin Dalecki <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][2.5] BUG check in elevator.c:237 |
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Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Martin Dalecki wrote: > > >>Please let me elaborate a bit on this, to give you may be >>some hints about where to look for an actual solution of >>the problem: >> > > Thanks for taking the time to explain. > > >>However for cd-rom there are commands, which can >>take quite a long time. Therefore there is the possiblity there >>to provide a polling function, which will be engaged after the >>interrupt happens in the above function: >> > > So are you suggesting perhaps that we change the request servicing to > polling? I'm a bit confused as to how this would fit in with
At lest we should change the way the transition between intr controlled mode and polling is done.
> cdrom_decode_status (which in this case is called from the read_intr). You > might need to whip out a larger clue stick ;)
Well if your error is deterministically reproducable, it's quite propably I would dare to have a look after it. Could you just explain how to trigger it (Unfortunately I have already deleted yours mail about this...)
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