From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] libata-dev: add flush task to ata_exec_internal()
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 02:08:15 -0500
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To: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
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Tejun Heo wrote:
> Yes, we certainly need this. The irq handling isn't really correct 
> either as irq handlers don't clear interrupt conditions on spurious 
> interrupts. I hope/plan to address this during EH work.

Except for the HSM, there is no guaranteed way to know if an interrupt 
is spurious or not on many controllers, who lack an "I have an 
interrupt" bit.

	Jeff