O> I totally agree with this patch, but question the timings used to justify it. > Surely the overhead is only 1-2usec for the case where the device > is the one that was already selected (on a "smart" interface) ? IFF you have a smart interface. A lot of the controllers in the PCI space don't appear to be that clever. > And for the case where the currently selected device is different > than the desired device (the 1msec case), this patch makes little/no difference? Correct, but even with two devices per cable (which is not the most common setup) you win. Worst case (which I've never seen) you draw. Alan -- 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
