Re: serial input overrun(s) using ide-cd

Ronald Hesper (R.Hesper@phys.rug.nl)
Mon, 13 Oct 97 19:41:57 MET

Ted wrote:
>...
> --- certain broken IDE controllers will cause MASSIVE FILESYSTEM DAMAGE
> if the stream of data during a programmed i/o data transfer is
> interrupted by an interrupt.
> - Ted
>

Is it known which controllers are broken? If so, it might be a good idea to
include a list in the hdparm docs (if it's not too lengthy :-) ).

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