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

[Suleiman Souhlal]

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).

> BTW /proc/ide/hd?/settings is obsoleted

What's the preferred way of changing such settings, these days?

-- Suleiman


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