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Date:      Fri, 05 Jun 1998 17:24:33 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
To:        Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>, tcobb <tcobb@staff.circle.net>, "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>, Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>, Bob Willcox <bob@luke.pmr.com>
Subject:   Re: DPT driver fails and panics with Degraded Array
Message-ID:  <XFMail.980605172433.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
In-Reply-To: <19980605000101.27550@mi.uni-koeln.de>

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On 04-Jun-98 Stefan Esser wrote:

...

>> DPT_INTR_DELAY:  Will cause the interrupt service routine to spin a
>> little
>> bit, giving the hardware chance to settle a bit before dpt_intr gets all
>> excited about it.
> 
> Is this really necessary with certain revisions of the DPT 
> firmware ? Reading a device register should delay just for
> the minimum time required. Did you try that ?

No, it is not necessary.  Yes, this is how the DPT driver works.

Simon
 

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Sincerely Yours, 

Simon Shapiro                                           Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG
                                                        770.265.7340

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