Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Mar 2002 08:24:43 -0800 | From | Mike Fedyk <> | Subject | Re: some ide-scsi commands starve drives on the same cable |
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On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 02:13:07PM +0100, Martin Dalecki wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > >>during some activities (e.g. erasing a CDRW or fixating a CDR on my > >>CD-Burner) the hard disc on the same cable cannot be accessed.All data > >>and swap partitions are inaccessable. There is no dmesg output, just > >>entering the > >>mount point fails. > >>I am not sure if it is a kernel problem or if it is a firmware-bug. > > > > > >Neither. Its an IDE design limitation. IDE can't handle disconnects like > >real scsi does. The fixate command effectively locks the bus until it > >completes. > > > >There has been some movement forward in the standards on this. You might > >want to ask our new 2.5 IDE maintainer if/when it will be implemented - I > >suspect you have to wait a while though. There is much IDE to clean up > >first > > Just for the record: I'm aware of it. >
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