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    SubjectRe: PATCH: Fixes for ide-disk.c
    Hi.

    On Sun, 2003-04-06 at 04:46, Alan Cox wrote:
    > Drive->blocked is a single bit field. Its not a counting lock. Either
    > we are blocked or not.

    Okay. We need a different solution then, but the problem remains - the
    driver can get multiple, nexted calls to block and unblock. Can it
    become a counting lock?

    Regards,

    Nigel

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