From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264633AbUGaWQP (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Jul 2004 18:16:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264595AbUGaWQP (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Jul 2004 18:16:15 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:24764 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264633AbUGaWLe (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Jul 2004 18:11:34 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Configure IDE probe delays From: Lee Revell To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Alan Cox , Denis Vlasenko , Todd Poynor , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Linux Kernel Mailing List , tim.bird@am.sony.com, dsingleton@mvista.com In-Reply-To: <410C12CA.7060109@pobox.com> References: <20040730191100.GA22201@slurryseal.ddns.mvista.com> <1091226922.5083.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1091232770.1677.24.camel@mindpipe> <200407311434.59604.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> <1091297179.1677.290.camel@mindpipe> <1091302522.6910.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1091309723.1677.391.camel@mindpipe> <410C12CA.7060109@pobox.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1091311922.1677.428.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 18:12:02 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 17:44, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Lee Revell wrote: > > Even if it's not appropriate for this case, there have to be some places > > in the kernel where this would be useful. What about hardware that is > > broken, requiring a device-specific kludge? Hardware that the kernel > > developers would prefer didn't exist. There have to be some of these. > > Or are most of these already broken out and disabled by default like the > > old CMD640 ide bug? > > > Broken hardware will always exist. Sounds like you want > CONFIG_PERFECT_WORLD ? > Sure. Got a patch? Lee