IDE: strange WAIT_READY dependency on APM

[Adrian Bunk]

IDE contains the following strange code:

<--  snip  -->

#if defined(CONFIG_APM) || defined(CONFIG_APM_MODULE)
#define WAIT_READY      (5*HZ)          /* 5sec - some laptops are very slow */
#else
#define WAIT_READY      (HZ/10)         /* 100msec - should be instantaneous */
#endif /* CONFIG_APM || CONFIG_APM_MODULE */

<--  snip  -->

On the one hand APM isn't enabled on all laptops.
On the other hand, this also affects regular PCs with APM support (or 
using a distribution kernel with APM support).

The time for the !APM case was already increased from 30msec in 2.4 .
Isn't there a timeout that is suitable for all cases?

cu
Adrian

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