From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>
Subject: Re: libata total system lockup fix
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 18:58:44 -0400
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Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>, Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>, hare@suse.de

Another data point on the current libata EH:

I have now been running 2.6.13 for a week now
with no crashes attributable to libata.

This is stock 2.6.13, plus:

   -- libata passthru patch (needed for laptop-mode, etc..)
   -- libata atapi DMA patch (needed for modern laptop)
   -- libata suspend patch (needed for swsusp)
   -- Jeff's libata 2.6.13+ updates from LKML (just on principles)

So the system is no longer crashing due to libata EH.

Now to await the day when I no longer have to patch libata
at all just to have my laptop work properly.

Cheers