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From: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
To: albertl@mail.com
Cc: Linux IDE <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>,
	Doug Maxey <dwm@enoyolf.org>, Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@it.uu.se>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 7/9] libata: pdc_freeze() semantic change
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:14:55 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <467614CF.5070006@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <467207BF.9020409@tw.ibm.com>

Albert Lee wrote:
> Patch 7/9:
> 
>  After checking the current implementations of freeze()/thaw(), it seems only pdc_freeze()
> do more than simple irq masking. Remove the DMA disable code from pdc_freeze().
> 
> The question is the design/semantic of freeze()/thaw().
> Maybe we should limit them to simple irq on/off?

Yeap, we can do that but if we do so it would be better to use
->irq_off/->irq_on hooks and kill ->freeze/->thaw.

-- 
tejun

  reply	other threads:[~2007-06-18  5:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-15  3:11 [PATCH/RFC 0/9] libata: irq_on/off restructuring Albert Lee
2007-06-15  3:15 ` [PATCH/RFC 1/9] libata: remove irq_on from ata_bus_reset() and ata_std_postreset() Albert Lee
2007-06-15  3:17 ` [PATCH/RFC 2/9] libata: add irq_off() for symmetry Albert Lee
2007-06-15  3:19 ` [PATCH/RFC 3/9] libata: add ->irq_off() to LLDDs Albert Lee
2007-06-15  3:21 ` [PATCH/RFC 4/9] libata: call irq_off from bmdma_freeze() Albert Lee
2007-06-15  3:24 ` [PATCH/RFC 5/9] libata: use freeze()/thaw() for polling Albert Lee
2007-06-18  5:13   ` Tejun Heo
2007-06-15  3:26 ` [PATCH/RFC 6/9] libata: add freeze()/thaw() to old EH LLDDs Albert Lee
2007-06-15  3:30 ` [PATCH/RFC 7/9] libata: pdc_freeze() semantic change Albert Lee
2007-06-18  5:14   ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2007-06-15  3:34 ` [PATCH/RFC 8/9] libata: remove writing of tf->ctl from ata_tf_load() Albert Lee
2007-06-15  3:44 ` [PATCH/RFC 9/9] libata: remove irq_on/off and rename freeze()/thaw() to irq_on/off Albert Lee

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