Hello, Holger Macht wrote: >> In the above example, even the reset sequence itself can cause hang if >> the hardware is implemented slightly differently. The reason why >> set_piomode() locks up but reset sequence doesn't is simple dumb luck. > > Another thing, whether it's poor luck or not, it worked like this than at > least 2.6.22. And it was _heavily_ tested. The above commit broke it > between 2.6.24-rc1 and 2.6.24-rc2, which is at least a regression.
Yes, in a sense but the change is in the area where there's no defined behavior, so I don't think it's a good idea to revert the change here. Let's concentrate on finding the proper solution. Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
