Re: Linux 2.4.20-pre2-ac6

[Andre Hedrick]

Yep with the earlier BAILOUT stubs around it.

On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Erik Andersen wrote:

> On Thu Aug 22, 2002 at 12:06:56PM -0400, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > Erm Alan, what happened boss ?
> > > Lemme resend that jewel.
> > 
> > I dont think you ever sent me code with that one included
> 
> 
> I believe it was supposed to be this patch I wrote up a while
> back.  Though I can't imagine it needing a config option...
> 
> --- orig/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c	Sat Aug 10 23:40:44 2002
> +++ linux-2.4.19/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c	Sat Aug 10 23:40:44 2002
> @@ -768,6 +768,11 @@
>  			   for other errors. */
>  			*startstop = DRIVER(drive)->error(drive, "cdrom_decode_status", stat);
>  			return 1;
> +		} else if (sense_key == MEDIUM_ERROR) {
> +			/* No point in re-trying a zillion times on a bad 
> +			 * sector...  If we got here the error is not correctable */
> +			ide_dump_status (drive, "media error (bad sector)", stat);
> +			cdrom_end_request(drive, 0);
>  		} else if ((++rq->errors > ERROR_MAX)) {
>  			/* We've racked up too many retries.  Abort. */
>  			cdrom_end_request(drive, 0);
> 
>  -Erik
> 
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Andre Hedrick
LAD Storage Consulting Group