From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:48:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:48:00 -0500 Received: from alpham.uni-mb.si ([164.8.1.101]:48358 "EHLO alpham.uni-mb.si") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:47:59 -0500 Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 15:55:19 +0100 From: David Balazic Subject: Floppy operation blocks ATA transfer ? To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Message-id: <3DF8A357.F501DEA4@uni-mb.si> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! While I was performing a "badblocks -nvs /dev/hdb" on VT1, I did a "mcopy some.300k.file a:" and noticed that while the file was written to the floppy, the badblocks process was effectively blocked. The displayed sector number did not advance and the drive LED was not blinking ( or lit ). After the "mcopy" finished, "badblocks" continued. Is this normal and expected behavior ? ( I sure did not expect it ) This is on a RHL 8.0 ( Psyche ) system with kernel-2.4.18-18.8.0 HW is : Athlon 900, SiS 745 chipset hda : Teac CD-W540E ( CD-RW ) hdb : Maxtor DiamondMax ( 4D040H2 ) 5400RPM , 40GB ATA100 harddrive hdc : Teac CD-532E-B CDROM hdd : IBM Deskstar 120GXP , 60GB harddrive The "some.300k.file" was on /mnt/x which is /dev/hdd2 ( FAT32 ) I know this is a redhat patched kernel, but if any of you has 60 seconds time, please test this on your vanilla-linus ( or any other version for that matter ) kernel and tell me if it happens for you too. Many thanks ! And please CC me with answers. Regards, David "only-amiga-can-really-multitask" Balazic