Re: [2.3.99pre2] [CORRUPTION] Doh! Corruption prob

From: Andre Hedrick (andre@linux-ide.org)
Date: Fri Mar 24 2000 - 03:51:50 EST


Simon,

I forgot the smily face.........I am kidding about CUSSING your name..

On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote:

>
> Here is the DEAL.........
>
> You name the kernel that you bet your LIFE on that is clean......
> I will CUSS your NAME as I back port the entire ATA/IDE sub-system to that
>
> EXACT kernel.........
>
> linux-2.3.99-pre3-7 ata-code will be backwards carried to that kernel.
>
>
> > > 2.3.47 : GOOD
> > > 2.3.48-pre4 : GOOD (heavily tested)
>
>
> Pick your kernel WISELY..........I take the issue at hand very serious!
>
>
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Simon Kirby wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 08:37:53AM -0800, Simon Kirby wrote:
> >
> > Update: I just reproduced the corruption problem in 2.3.48pre4! It's a
> > lot harder to reproduce than in 2.3.48, and I could only reproduce it
> > with all drives in PIO mode (DMA mode doesn't seem to show it). I might
> > be able to reproduce it in DMA mode if I wait a few hours, but takes a
> > few runs in PIO mode as it is before it shows anything (usually).
> >
> > If I apply the IDE changes between 2.3.48pre4 and 2.3.48 on top of
> > 2.3.48pre4, the problem does not seem to get as easy to reproduce as in
> > vanilla 2.3.48, so it must be something else. I will try some other
> > suspicious parts.
> >
> > Hmm, this is annoying. Now I'm wondering if the plugging fixes that went
> > into 2.3.46 didn't fix everything...
>
> This is possible..........
>
> Andre Hedrick
> The Linux ATA/IDE guy
>
>
>
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