Re: [PATCH] 2.5.15 IDE 61

Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Tue, 14 May 2002 13:00:18 +0100


On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 01:10:58PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> I don't even Martin here, the ide locking is currently utterly vile

Agreed.

I'm adding BUG_ON()s to the IDE drivers I maintain where we must ensure
only one channel is DMAing to catch possible data corruption before it
happens.

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