From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 07:39:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 07:39:41 -0500 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:41142 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 07:39:40 -0500 Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:50:37 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Jan Knutar Cc: lkml Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.21-pre6 Message-ID: <20030327125037.GJ1823@suse.de> References: <03032714015400.14109@polaris> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <03032714015400.14109@polaris> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Mar 27 2003, Jan Knutar wrote: > > > Is IDE in 2.4.x and 2.5.x now more or less in sync? > > Hm, can we ever expect to get cd burning in 2.4.x on ide without > locking up the other device on the channel? During execution of a single command, channel _will_ be locked. This is not solvable in the driver, it's how ide works. During fixation, for instance, the channel will be locked... Now, if you are locked during the _entire_ burn, that points to an ide scheduling. -- Jens Axboe