Re: [2.4 PATCH:] Lengthen SCSI timeouts to deal with broken hardware

[Jeff Garzik]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 12:09:44PM -0500, linas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> 
> --- drivers/scsi/scsi_obsolete.c.orig	2003-09-29 17:47:26.000000000 -0500
> +++ drivers/scsi/scsi_obsolete.c	2003-09-29 17:51:40.000000000 -0500
> @@ -118,10 +118,19 @@ static void scsi_dump_status(void);
>  #define ABORT_TIMEOUT SCSI_TIMEOUT
>  #define RESET_TIMEOUT SCSI_TIMEOUT
>  #else
> +#if defined(__powerpc64__)
> +/* Some Achip ARC765-based DVD-ROM's can take 15 seconds or more to reset.
> + * All commands (sense, abort) will not get a response until the reset 
> + * completes.  Lengthen timeouts to make up for this. */
> +#define SENSE_TIMEOUT (20*HZ)
> +#define RESET_TIMEOUT (2*HZ)
> +#define ABORT_TIMEOUT (25*HZ)

This should be device-dependent, not platform-dependent.

	Jeff



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