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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable
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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

    Thanks,
    Bart
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