On Iau, 2006-01-19 at 00:41 +0100, Helmut Toplitzer wrote: > Ok. Was just a bit digging through the sourcecode. Found a > function called disable_hlt. Some further digging. > Found in drivers/block/floppy.c a usage of disable_hlt. > It's called (if I haven't missunderstood something) > whenever a DMA transfer is setup. enable_hlt is called > when a transfer stops/is cancled etc...
Yes this deals with some errata cases > Does such thing makes sense for IDE DMA-transfers too? > (Maybe I've missed something) Only for the CS5510 Cyrix as far as I know, and I really ought to fix that in the new libata driver. Generally speaking hlt is good, it takes the CPU off the bus and frees it up for the other users. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
