Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262678AbVENBvb (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 May 2005 21:51:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262676AbVENBvb (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 May 2005 21:51:31 -0400 Received: from cpu1185.adsl.bellglobal.com ([207.236.110.166]:60172 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262675AbVENBva (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 May 2005 21:51:30 -0400 Message-ID: <428559A4.1060300@rtr.ca> Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 21:51:32 -0400 From: Mark Lord User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050420 Debian/1.7.7-2 X-Accept-Language: en, en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Benjamin LaHaise , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" , Alan Cox Subject: Re: [rfc/patch] libata -- port configurable delays References: <20050513185850.GA5777@kvack.org> <4284FC6E.7060300@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <4284FC6E.7060300@pobox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 498 Lines: 12 PIIX chips should be fine w.r.t. unnecessary delays (or lack thereof). I recall only one situation WAY BACK in time that had an issue with continuous banging, but don't remember anything of the details other than that this was circa 1995 or so. Cheers - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/