Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965039AbXBUCca (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:32:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965113AbXBUCca (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:32:30 -0500 Received: from elvis.mu.org ([192.203.228.196]:51525 "EHLO elvis.mu.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965039AbXBUCc3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:32:29 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 1093 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:32:29 EST In-Reply-To: <200702210244.53514.bzolnier@gmail.com> References: <20070221011922.GA1777@freefall.freebsd.org> <200702210244.53514.bzolnier@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <3063A690-4E3D-4A6E-A7DC-3E624121FBB8@freebsd.org> Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Suleiman Souhlal Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:13:53 -0800 To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 655 Lines: 23 On Feb 20, 2007, at 5:44 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > On Wednesday 21 February 2007 02:19, Suleiman Souhlal wrote: >> It can be changed via /proc/ide/hd?/settings. > > Why do we need to change IDE DMA timeout dynamically? I've used it to test error recovery (for example). > BTW /proc/ide/hd?/settings is obsoleted What's the preferred way of changing such settings, these days? -- Suleiman - 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/