Re: Fix for ide problems in 2.2.14pre15

Andre Hedrick (andre@suse.com)
Wed, 22 Dec 1999 08:44:43 -0800 (PST)


That is the one-liner I mentiontion some time ago......
It works for me, but I do not unmask...

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Mark Lord wrote:

> Does this one-liner make any difference?
>
> Basically, I'm looking for differences in interrupt-masking
> behaviour for UP+PIO from 2.2.13 to 2.2.14pre15, and this
> on-liner is one of the few. Maybe the right one.
>
> The rationale for this approach is that we *know* that "hdparm -u1"
> fixes the problem, so we know it's something to do with unmasking
> a little too much in some cases that triggers it.
>
> And your scenario is really simple -- single drive on a single interface,
> no IRQ multiplexing or anything weird (other than your old hardware).
>
> Thanks
> --
> Mark Lord
> Real-Time Remedies Inc.
> mlord@pobox.com

Andre Hedrick
The Linux IDE guy

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