Re: ide.2.2.15.20000509 patch breaks WDC31200F w/ VIA 82C586B

From: Andre Hedrick (andre@linux-ide.org)
Date: Mon May 22 2000 - 18:25:12 EST


On Mon, 22 May 2000, Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote:

> > > At least if they succeed to bring 2.2.16 performance back up to the level
> > > of 2.2.14 even in some 2.2.16preX, it would be good to have an ide patch
> > > for it...
> >
> > yes - but it will stay as a patch. There are too many setups it doesnt work
> > on
>
> Absolutely no chance for it ? Even after the known bugs would have been
> corrected ?
>
> Andre do you have a list of broken configurations ?

Lets not go there............AC is tried of me WRAGGING him to death.
The 2.2.15 code is about 10+ sets out of sync with 2.3.99pre9-3.
Untill the 2.3.99pre9-X or 2.4-pre-X is clean, I have very little time to
fight with 2.2.15 issues.

I already have one problem because a safety catch did not work.
Andries, were you ever able to recover the dat of the professor in FI?

Do you know the embarrassment when you get a report that is almost fatal
to Linux itself.........a completely missed timed disk IO transaction may
never be recovered........and worse create a ripple in the inode table
locations........Note this was because a "safety catch did not work".

Cheers,

Andre Hedrick
The Linux ATA/IDE guy

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