From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265335AbUBAPZj (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 10:25:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265326AbUBAPZi (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 10:25:38 -0500 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:24785 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265333AbUBAPZb (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 10:25:31 -0500 Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 16:25:24 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Daniel Pittman Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Mans Matulewicz Subject: Re: ide-cdrom / atapi burning bug - 2.6.1 Message-ID: <20040201152524.GG11683@suse.de> References: <1075511134.5412.59.camel@localhost> <20040131093438.GS11683@suse.de> <401BF122.2090709@blue-labs.org> <20040131184923.GD11683@suse.de> <87r7xfy8gb.fsf@enki.rimspace.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87r7xfy8gb.fsf@enki.rimspace.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Feb 01 2004, Daniel Pittman wrote: > On Sat, 31 Jan 2004, Jens Axboe wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 31 2004, David Ford wrote: > >> I don't have an RW, but when my cdrom fixates, it stalls everything > >> while it's fixating. I have an nForce chipset. (2.6.x) > > > > Does "everything" mean everything on that ide channel? If so, then > > that's a hardware limitation. > > My IBM A31p (Intel 845 chipset) had a similar problem with the CD > burner. Using the '-immed' flag resolved the issue for me. (Dave cut from cc, annoying auth process required to mail him) immed will help, because it causes the command to 'release' in as close a sense to the word as ide allows. I'm not sure if error handling works correctly in that case? -- Jens Axboe