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Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 09:12:00 +1200
From: Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@clear.net.nz>
Subject: Re: PATCH: Fixes for ide-disk.c
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Hi again.

I've just reread your message. Isn't it used as a lock at the moment?
IIRC, you get a BUG if you try to use the driver while its blocked.
Perhaps that's where I'm getting confused.

Regards,

Nigel

On Mon, 2003-04-07 at 03:03, Alan Cox wrote:
> Blocked is a binary power management described state, its not a lock.
> What are you actually trying to do ?