> See a URL I posted earlier in this thread. With dumb ATAPI devices we > actually have to wait a bit for BSY to be asserted. Not only at reset, > but also for every command 400nS and the current code correctly accounts for it. > > How about limiting nsect/lbal wait duration? Say, 100ms or 500ms? That > > can somewhat ease our paranoia and should show acceptable behavior for > > braindead devices too. > > That's quite reasonable. Agreed - means the IT821x takes a bit longer to respond but ensures that we avoid any unpleasant suprises elsewhere. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html