From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263414AbVGARjt (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:39:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262684AbVGARjs (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:39:48 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:23206 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263414AbVGARjr (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:39:47 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 19:41:14 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: "Manfred.Scherer.Mhm@t-online.de" Cc: paul@paulbristow.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, manfred.scherer@siemens.com Subject: Re: Re: PATCH for ide_floppy Message-ID: <20050701174112.GK2243@suse.de> References: <1DoNSU-0kLq880@fwd18.aul.t-online.de> <20050701161534.GJ2243@suse.de> <1DoOqm-0TquC80@fwd16.aul.t-online.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1DoOqm-0TquC80@fwd16.aul.t-online.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 01 2005, Manfred.Scherer.Mhm@t-online.de wrote: > it's not really a performance issue but more a timeout issue. > 'IDEFLOPPY_TICKS_DELAY 60' avoids error messages in /var/log/messages > like 'reset ide ...'. > Without the idefloppy_timer_expiry the data transfer to the ide-floppy > is pending a long time between some transfer of data. The floppy LED > indicated this too. > With kernel 2.4.x I've never had this problem. Ah, so you did see lots of timeouts. The solution is, I suspect, just to adjust the ticks to be based off HZ like Bart suggests. -- Jens Axboe