Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:17:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:17:17 -0400 Received: from astound-64-85-224-253.ca.astound.net ([64.85.224.253]:44296 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:17:16 -0400 Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:16:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Andre Hedrick To: Erik Andersen cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] Linux 2.4.19-pre7-jam1 In-Reply-To: <20020418195345.GA1309@codepoet.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Well the proper solution is for me to finish the "ide-flash" subdriver. As CFA devices have special error transformations and decodes, as will any SDA device. Proper error path in the driver ... hmmm, I have a discription and batted it around and more people understand the problem now. The issue becomes in full disclosure and not producing a mass panic. I would like to have a solution complete before "wolf" and nothing to kill the beast in sight. Cheers, Andre Hedrick LAD Storage Consulting Group On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Erik Andersen wrote: > On Thu Apr 18, 2002 at 12:34:29PM -0700, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > Thanks for the positive feedback! > > FYI, I have tried it as well (ide-2.4.19-p6.all.convert.3a.patch > on 2.4.19-p7 plus your recommended #if 0 change) and it has been > working nicely for me as well on a number of machines. This > certainly seems to be a nice improvement. > > > About to add and test HPT372 final and then complete the MMIO operations. > > Next will be to make the driver do the error recovery path that block does > > Can you go into a little detail on your plans for error handling? > > I think the currently error handling for the ide-subsystem, > especially in the presence of sequences of bad sectors, is not > especially robust (and is quite slow)... In one case I tested > yesterday (with 2.4.19-p7 plus your patch) using a 340 MB > microdrive with a big chunk of bad sectors on it (the device > admittedly is in pretty sorry shape but makes an excellent > ide-subsystem tester ;-), the kernel wedged solid while trying to > read from it... > > -Erik > > -- > Erik B. Andersen http://codepoet-consulting.com/ > --This message was written using 73% post-consumer electrons-- > - > 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/ > - 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/