Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable

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From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz

Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable

Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 7:42 pm

Hi,

On Wednesday 21 February 2007 03:13, Suleiman Souhlal wrote:
quoted text> 
> On Feb 20, 2007, at 5:44 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Wednesday 21 February 2007 02:19, Suleiman Souhlal wrote:
> >> It can be changed via /proc/ide/hd?/settings.
> >
> > Why do we need to change IDE DMA timeout dynamically?
> 
> I've used it to test error recovery (for example).

Seems quite useable for developers but I would prefer not to
expose it in production kernels for end users.

quoted text> > BTW /proc/ide/hd?/settings is obsoleted
> 
> What's the preferred way of changing such settings, these days?

sysfs

ide.c:ide_dev_attrs[] for generic attributes valid for all devices

Thanks,
Bart
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[PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Suleiman Souhlal, (Tue Feb 20, 6:19 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Bartlomiej Zolnierki ..., (Tue Feb 20, 6:44 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Suleiman Souhlal, (Tue Feb 20, 7:13 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Bartlomiej Zolnierki ..., (Tue Feb 20, 7:42 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Sergei Shtylyov, (Tue Jun 12, 12:11 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Bartlomiej Zolnierki ..., (Fri Jun 15, 4:23 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Sergei Shtylyov, (Tue Jul 10, 12:10 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Mark Lord, (Fri Jul 13, 8:12 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Alan Cox, (Fri Jul 13, 8:16 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Sergei Shtylyov, (Fri Jul 13, 8:21 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Mark Lord, (Fri Jul 13, 12:36 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Sergei Shtylyov, (Fri Jul 13, 12:40 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Mark Lord, (Fri Jul 13, 12:46 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Sergei Shtylyov, (Fri Jul 13, 1:03 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Sergei Shtylyov, (Fri Jul 13, 1:08 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Mark Lord, (Fri Jul 13, 1:54 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Mark Lord, (Fri Jul 13, 2:00 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Rogier Wolff, (Mon Jul 16, 12:29 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Make the IDE DMA timeout modifiable, Sergei Shtylyov, (Tue Jul 17, 7:18 am)