Here is the DEAL.........
You name the kernel that you bet your LIFE on that is clean......
I will CUSS your NAME as I back port the entire ATA/IDE sub-system to that
EXACT kernel.........
linux-2.3.99-pre3-7 ata-code will be backwards carried to that kernel.
> > 2.3.47 : GOOD
> > 2.3.48-pre4 : GOOD (heavily tested)
Pick your kernel WISELY..........I take the issue at hand very serious!
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Simon Kirby wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 08:37:53AM -0800, Simon Kirby wrote:
>
> Update: I just reproduced the corruption problem in 2.3.48pre4! It's a
> lot harder to reproduce than in 2.3.48, and I could only reproduce it
> with all drives in PIO mode (DMA mode doesn't seem to show it). I might
> be able to reproduce it in DMA mode if I wait a few hours, but takes a
> few runs in PIO mode as it is before it shows anything (usually).
>
> If I apply the IDE changes between 2.3.48pre4 and 2.3.48 on top of
> 2.3.48pre4, the problem does not seem to get as easy to reproduce as in
> vanilla 2.3.48, so it must be something else. I will try some other
> suspicious parts.
>
> Hmm, this is annoying. Now I'm wondering if the plugging fixes that went
> into 2.3.46 didn't fix everything...
This is possible..........
Andre Hedrick
The Linux ATA/IDE guy
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