From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] libata: Improve timeout handling Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:51:27 -0400 Message-ID: <49C99C2F.9010703@garzik.org> References: <20090324101952.9152.30261.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20090324102324.9152.78865.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:52094 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752726AbZCYCvc (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:51:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090324102324.9152.78865.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Cox Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: > From: Alan Cox > > On a timeout call a device specific handler early in the recovery so that > we can complete and process successful commands which timed out due to IRQ > loss or the like rather more elegantly. > > [Revised to exclude the timeout handling on a few devices that inherit from > SFF but are not SFF enough to use the default timeout handler] > > Signed-off-by: Alan Cox applied let's see what explodes! :)