Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:32:03 +0900 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Re: Linux v2.6.22-rc3 |
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Alan Cox wrote: >> Upto 2.6.21, if the same condition triggers, it delays 30secs and just >> continue, so I don't think it was a worthy protection against ghost >> devices or TF malfunction. The only protection it offers is preventing >> libata from accessing slave's status register too early. SRST sequence >> looks like the following. > > I've seen no bug where it looked like it saved something, and the only > ghost device bugs I've seen it failed to detect anyway (hence the PCMCIA > drivers own ghost detection logic)
If we still have several rc's left, how about just removing it and watching the fireworks? Jeff?
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