Messages in this thread | | | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable | Date | Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:42:20 +0100 |
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Hi,
On Wednesday 21 February 2007 03:13, Suleiman Souhlal wrote: > > On Feb 20, 2007, at 5:44 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > > > > On Wednesday 21 February 2007 02:19, Suleiman Souhlal wrote: > >> It can be changed via /proc/ide/hd?/settings. > > > > Why do we need to change IDE DMA timeout dynamically? > > I've used it to test error recovery (for example).
Seems quite useable for developers but I would prefer not to expose it in production kernels for end users.
> > BTW /proc/ide/hd?/settings is obsoleted > > What's the preferred way of changing such settings, these days?
sysfs
ide.c:ide_dev_attrs[] for generic attributes valid for all devices
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