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Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 13:01:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Andre Hedrick <andre@aslab.com>
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PARANIOA.

Remember that ATAPI is generally screwed beyond reality, so adjusting the
probe code in general (global) is a bad thing.

Andre Hedrick
ASL Kernel Development
Linux ATA Development
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Alan Cox wrote:

> > obsoleting ATA-2 did their attention at CFA become alarmed.  I agree that
> > there needs to be a fix, but not at the price of locking the rest of the
> > driver.  Since we now the identity of the device prior to assigned the
> > interrupt we can handle the execption, but you do not go around blanket
> > wacking the control register of all devices.
> 
> I dont see why it locks up the driver ?
> 
>