Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable

[Sergei Shtylyov]

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > 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).

> Seems quite useable for developers but I would prefer not to
> expose it in production kernels for end users.

   It seems that I have counter example of a customer asking if this timeout 
can be done configurable. :-)
   BTW, why the timeout is so damn long? 2*WAIT_CMD is 20 secs, and if DMA is 
not complete or interrupt pending, it may wait 10 more secs...

> Thanks,
> Bart

MBR, Sergei
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