Re: Fix for ide problems in 2.2.14pre15

Mark Lord (mlord@pobox.com)
Mon, 20 Dec 1999 15:32:16 -0500


Petri Kaukasoina wrote:
> > Is anyone out there still having IDE trouble once this patch
> > is applied to a fresh 2.2.14pre15 ??
>
> No error messages nor oopses but the memory corruption problem persists.
>
> 2.2.14pre15 + ide-2.2.14pre15.fix4:
> hdparm -m16 -u1 /dev/hda : memory corruption
> hdparm -m0 -u1 /dev/hda : fine
> hdparm -m16 -u0 /dev/hda : fine
> 2.2.13:
> hdparm -m16 -u1 /dev/hda : fine

Okay. Thanks.

What happens if you place a "__cli();" line just before the
main loop inside ide.c:ide_do_request ??
(no patch available -- I'm offsite on a slow link for the rest of the week).

-- 
Mark Lord
Real-Time Remedies Inc.
mlord@pobox.com

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