From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Eric D. Mudama" Subject: Re: ide-io.c, ide_do_request -- race condition? Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:35:05 -0600 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040712183505.GE26789@bounceswoosh.org> References: <40F2CFDE.66D28904@verizon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Return-path: Received: from 80-169-17-66.mesanetworks.net ([66.17.169.80]:681 "EHLO mail.bounceswoosh.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261605AbUGLSeV (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:34:21 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40F2CFDE.66D28904@verizon.net> List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: "Max T. Woodbury" Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 12 at 13:52, Max T. Woodbury wrote: >Still, why would PIO mode be unsafe? (I can see slower, but I don't >expect speed from this beast. Oh well. Thanks for the pointer.) PIO has no data integrity check, so bogus cables that glitch the data will not be detected. Not sure if that is what he was talking about, but is definitely a problem for PIO. --eric -- Eric D. Mudama edmudama@mail.bounceswoosh.org