Re: [patch] drivers/ide/pci/alim15x3.c SMP fix

[Alan Cox]

On Llu, 2005-10-03 at 08:50 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> so perhaps part of the solution would be to do the initialization under 
> the IDE lock, via the patch below? It boots fine on my box so the basic 
> codepaths seem to be OK. Then the retuning codepaths need to be checked 
> to make sure they are holding the IDE lock.

The initialisation can take several seconds. Some controller paths may
also sleep so you would need to do a full audit first.

Alan

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