On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 16:41:03 +0300 Al Boldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What's hindering the ability to force a mode in libata, as is possible with > the normal ide-driver? We want it to be correct and race free. That means we have to synchronize all the devices on the controller, quiesce them and recompute the speeds for each device then turn them all back on and resume command processing. It is quite hairy although Tejun's EH work has provided the framework for all of this. For now you can boot with libata.dma=1 to select DMA on disks but not CD -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
