On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 07:54:06PM -0500, Doug Maxey wrote: > >> However, I am pondering scrapping all the polling code, since on SATA, > >> interrupt-driven mode is much more desirable. > > > >You need both interrupt and polled command issue. ACPI needs to be able > >to issue taskfiles to the IDE drive fairly early during resume. Right > >now this isn't done at all. If polled is there it might also prove a > >useful way to reissue a command when you think the IRQ routing is hosed > >8) > > This would be an enhancement, rather than something required currently, > correct?
Switching over to interrupt-driven for SATA is basically a requirement. Since the polling code is what exists now, it MAY be easier to leave it in, which puts "leave in polling code" in the enhancement category. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html