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From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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Subject: Re: ATAPI related patch ..
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Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 08:31:53 +0100 (MET)
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In-Reply-To: <199802240856.JAA01421@sos.freebsd.dk> from "Søren Schmidt" at Feb 24, 98 09:56:10 am
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> I'm working on the atapi system right now, I have semilar problems 
> (and new ones :) ) with the atapi tape driver. I'd like to do a
> rewrite, but I simply doesn't have the time for that now, so I'll
> try to fix what we have. I'm well aware of the potential hangs

i don't think a full rewrite is necessary, just add state to the atapi
descriptor so that a timeout routine can be called and it can track the
corresponding ide bus to reset it.

	cheers
	luigi


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