Re: [PATCH] IDE configurable max failures

Alan Cox (alan@redhat.com)
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 05:45:55 -0400 (EDT)


> Attached is a small patch to add a configurable maximum failure count for
> IDE drives. It has been very useful for us.

It doesnt do what you think or want I suspect

> Please let me know if there is any reason this can not be included in the
> mainline kernel.

Linus please dont apply this one. A correct ide retry patch is pending
merging from -ac. One that properly resets the ide state machines and
requeues the I/O

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