Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 17:23:05 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com, bde@zeta.org.au, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hacked kernel with option to disable "green" mode Message-ID: <199604020723.RAA01028@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> wdunwedge() might fail because TIMEOUT is too short. It should be at >> least 31000000 (31 seconds). >Based on Michael's account of what's in the ATA spec (i.e. that the drive >can take 30 seconds to come ready), this is correct. But it shouldn't wait It should wait 1 second longer for the slave drive. >the whole 31 seconds always, as the current code would do. It should check >again and again and GIVE UP after 31 seconds (or slightly more). Note that long waits (> 10 usec) usually only occur in initialization and panic dump code when it can't even use timeouts. Most waits occur at interrupt time when it can't use tsleep. >Of course, pausing 30 seconds in the kernel could be catastrophic for some >applications, Perhaps more importantly, pausing 30 seconds outside the kernel may be catastrophic :-). There is probably little difference where the wait occurs except on multi-disk-controller systems where the IDE controller is little used. >so implementing some of those proprietary commands is still >useful. The modification I sent in covers Seagate's. It can't be used in the standard driver because its operation is unknown. It might format the drives... Brucehome | help
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