On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 10:09:24AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > So what _might_ happen is that we write the command, and then > i8042_wait_write() thinks that there is space to write the data > immediately, and writes the data, but now the data got lost because the > buffer was busy.
Hmm - I just answered the same post and concluded that I didnt understand, so you have progressed further. I considered the same possibility, but the data was not lost since we read it again later. Only the ready flag was lost. > The IO delay should be _before_ the read of the status, not after it. Andries - 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/
