Re: [BK PATCHES] 2.6.x libata update

Jeff Garzik
2004-02-13T21:03:58Z

Martin Schlemmer wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 20:43, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> Hi
>
>
>><jgarzik@redhat.com> (04/02/13 1.1634)
>> [libata] catch, and ack, spurious DMA interrupts
>>
>> Hardware issue on Intel ICH5 requires an additional ack sequence
>> over and above the normal IDE DMA interrupt ack requirements. Issue
>> described in post to freebsd list:
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-stable@freebsd.org/msg58421.html
>>
>> Since the bug workaround only requires a single additional PIO or
>> MMIO read in the interrupt handler, it is applied to all chipsets
>> using the standard libata interrupt handler.
>>
>> Credit for research the issue, creating the patch, and testing the
>> patch all go to Jon Burgess.
>>
>
>
> Did you miss the mail I sent about this locking my box in under
> 20-30 mins? It still looks the same as the previous one ....

Yes, I did. Can you test 2.6.3-rc2 + this patch?

Jeff