Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 9 Dec 2004 11:53:02 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: IDE: strange WAIT_READY dependency on APM |
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Hi!
> IDE contains the following strange code: > > <-- snip --> > > #if defined(CONFIG_APM) || defined(CONFIG_APM_MODULE) > #define WAIT_READY (5*HZ) /* 5sec - some laptops are very slow */ > #else > #define WAIT_READY (HZ/10) /* 100msec - should be instantaneous */ > #endif /* CONFIG_APM || CONFIG_APM_MODULE */ > > <-- snip --> > > On the one hand APM isn't enabled on all laptops. > On the other hand, this also affects regular PCs with APM support (or > using a distribution kernel with APM support). > > The time for the !APM case was already increased from 30msec in 2.4 . > Isn't there a timeout that is suitable for all cases?
We should probably always make it the "big" timeout. Or put there HZ/10, and see who screams :-).
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