> This fixed the problem beatifully! I stressed ide_do_drive_cmd()
> vigorously (4 drives active, ripping audio and playing video
> CD's) for about an hour without a hitch. This still doesn't
> explain why ide_do_drive_cmd_wait() works well too - I haven't
> looked at the code generated, though. So could we just loose
> the save_flags/cli/restore_flags in ide_do_drive_cmd()?
Yes, I believe it should be safe; down() and up() are written to
catch the case in which an up() is being called by an interrupt
while the down() code is running.
Gadi
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