Re: [PATCH] Re: Linux v2.6.22-rc3

From: Alan Cox
Date: Fri Jun 08 2007 - 11:31:24 EST


On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 10:28:22 -0400
Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 12:40:58PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Seems best to me - we know the current code breaks a load of systems and
> > the change should not break anything but fix them all. If we ship without
> > it being changed then a load of people are stuck with broken ATA.
>
> So you have verified that Tejun's experimental change "fixes them all"?
>
> Proof? Bugzilla URLs pointing to users that have ack'd this fix?

It unbreaks the IT821x, see the proposed patches I sent before for
discussion. Those are tested and do work. I've got a test case here and
its the case that the IT821x card doesn't get the magic trickery you rely
on right.

Alan


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