Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Nov 1998 17:51:16 -0800 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: PCI timings in kernel??? |
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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 17:15:31 +0000 From: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com>
I Looked at the latest IDE preview, and have heavy reservations.
We really should NOT have PCI chipset-tuning code in the kernel UNLESS it is required to boot Linux (very unlikely).
Can you please be more specific about which setting are being set which you have reservations about?
If it is about PCI latency timer settings, you must then implement some piece of code in the kernel such that you can guarentee all DMA activity to/from the controller has ceased around the user request to change the PCI latency timer value. At least last time I checked, this was necessary.
Later, David S. Miller davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com
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