Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Sep 1999 06:52:11 +0300 (IDDT) | From | Gadi Oxman <> | Subject | Re: ide_do_drive_cmd() problems |
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On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Jens Axboe wrote:
> This fixed the problem beatifully! I stressed ide_do_drive_cmd() > vigorously (4 drives active, ripping audio and playing video > CD's) for about an hour without a hitch. This still doesn't > explain why ide_do_drive_cmd_wait() works well too - I haven't > looked at the code generated, though. So could we just loose > the save_flags/cli/restore_flags in ide_do_drive_cmd()?
Yes, I believe it should be safe; down() and up() are written to catch the case in which an up() is being called by an interrupt while the down() code is running.
Gadi
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