From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: libata and PATA devices Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 14:02:56 -0400 Message-ID: <20050809180256.GC10315@havoc.gtf.org> References: <200508071949.03782.inform@tiker.net> <42F6B8CD.4050100@gmail.com> <20050808030239.GA27502@havoc.gtf.org> <1123495856.22328.62.camel@localhost.localdomain> <42F8B41C.4040408@rtr.ca> <1123607133.28278.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from havoc.gtf.org ([69.61.125.42]:15750 "EHLO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964903AbVHISC5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Aug 2005 14:02:57 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1123607133.28278.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Erik Slagter Cc: Mark Lord , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 07:05:33PM +0200, Erik Slagter wrote: > On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 09:48 -0400, Mark Lord wrote: > > But there's also a fix for that, again floating around only in private repositories. > > Grmbl. Mark is just working off steam. The "fix" causes leaks, and does not really fix what was intended. It stops the symptoms Mark was seeing, but eventually you'll run out of commands, or kernel memory, and everything still stop _anyway_. We don't apply band-aids, only fixes. Jeff