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DateMon, 11 Jun 2007 00:59:41 -0400
FromJeff Garzik <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] libata: limit post SRST nsect/lbal wait to ~100ms
Tejun Heo wrote:
> After SRST, libata used to wait for nsect/lbal to be set to 1/1 for
> the slave device.  However, some ATAPI devices don't set nsect/lbal
> after SRST and the wait itself isn't too useful as we're gonna wait
> for !BSY right after that anyway.
> 
> Before reset-seq update, nsect/lbal wait failure used to be ignored
> and caused 30sec delay during detection.  After reset-seq, all
> timeouts are considered error conditions making libata fail to detect
> such ATAPI devices.
> 
> This patch limits nsect/lbal wait to around 100ms.  This should give
> acceptable behavior to such ATAPI devices while not disturbing the
> heavily used code path too much.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
> ---
> Okay, here it is.  Sorry for the delay.

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