Re: PDC20269 error handling problem

Alan Cox
2002-03-30T17:26:27Z

> * the fallback causes a total system hang if the drive is connected to
> the promise controller.
> * it hangs on the "rep;insw;" instruction in ata_input_data(), called by
> try_to_flush_leftover_data().

That does sound like the drive didnt fall back properly - the rep insw would
then hang when the controller hangs the bus indefinitely waiting for a data
byte. Probably something got a little broken in the IDE updates

Alan