Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750720AbVIPWM7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:12:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750722AbVIPWM7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:12:59 -0400 Received: from juno.lps.ele.puc-rio.br ([139.82.40.34]:23466 "EHLO juno.lps.ele.puc-rio.br") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750720AbVIPWM6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:12:58 -0400 Message-ID: <60542.200.141.101.221.1126908642.squirrel@correio.lps.ele.puc-rio.br> In-Reply-To: <432A6923.2070000@pobox.com> References: <61637.200.141.106.169.1126660632.squirrel@correio.lps.ele.puc-rio.br><60519.200.141.106.169.1126727337.squirrel@correio.lps.ele.puc-rio.br><43290893.7070207@pobox.com><1126790860.19133.75.camel@localhost.localdomain><61929.200.141.106.169.1126815191.squirrel@correio.lps.ele.puc-rio.br> <1126823405.7034.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> <61375.200.141.106.169.1126842173.squirrel@correio.lps.ele.puc-rio.br> <432A6923.2070000@pobox.com> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:10:42 -0300 (BRT) Subject: Re: libata sata_sil broken on 2.6.13.1 From: "Matheus Izvekov" To: "Jeff Garzik" Cc: izvekov@lps.ele.puc-rio.br, "Alan Cox" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a-6.FC2 X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a-6.FC2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 894 Lines: 24 > Essentially that is what happened. Albert's patch simply fixed it > another way. > > ATA is a bit annoying in that, we try to "know" when an interrupt is > expected. There is no 100% solution that simply allows us to check for > pending interrupts, without side effects. > > Thus the explosion when unexpected interrupts are received. > What do you think would be proper fix, this patch from Albert, or maybe just trapping the interrupts (plus not have the IRQ shared with other devices?). Also, what keeps Albert's patch from making into mainline, it just needs more testing or are there any known problems? > Jeff Thanks for your support. - 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/