Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932335AbXAONnB (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:43:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932337AbXAONnB (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:43:01 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:47477 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932335AbXAONnB (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:43:01 -0500 Message-ID: <45AB84D8.3020507@garzik.org> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:42:48 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061219) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jens Axboe CC: Robert Hancock , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_Steinbrin?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?k?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, htejun@gmail.com Subject: Re: SATA exceptions with 2.6.20-rc5 References: <45AAC039.1020808@shaw.ca> <45AAC95B.1020708@garzik.org> <45AAE635.8090308@shaw.ca> <20070115025319.GC4516@kernel.dk> In-Reply-To: <20070115025319.GC4516@kernel.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.7 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 632 Lines: 22 Jens Axboe wrote: > I'd be surprised if the device would not obey the 7 second timeout rule > that seems to be set in stone and not allow more dirty in-drive cache > than it could flush out in approximately that time. AFAIK Windows flush-cache timeout is 30 seconds, not 7 as with other commands... > And BUSY should also be set for that case, as Robert indicates. Agreed. Jeff - 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/