Re: [PATCH][2.5] BUG check in elevator.c:237

From: Zwane Mwaikambo (zwane@linux.realnet.co.sz)
Date: Fri Mar 08 2002 - 06:57:31 EST


On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Martin Dalecki wrote:

> Please let me elaborate a bit on this, to give you may be
> some hints about where to look for an actual solution of
> the problem:

Thanks for taking the time to explain.

> However for cd-rom there are commands, which can
> take quite a long time. Therefore there is the possiblity there
> to provide a polling function, which will be engaged after the
> interrupt happens in the above function:

So are you suggesting perhaps that we change the request servicing to
polling? I'm a bit confused as to how this would fit in with
cdrom_decode_status (which in this case is called from the read_intr). You
might need to whip out a larger clue stick ;)

Thanks again,
        Zwane

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