In message <200405200544.59416.abuse@spamalicious.com>, "Charles M. Hannum" wri
tes:
>On Thursday 20 May 2004 00:58, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
>> In message <20040519192738.GB1820@antioche.eu.org>, Manuel Bouyer writes:
>> >How long do you wait ?
>> >Per the specs, a reset can take up to 31s.
>>
>> That was the answer.  I fiddled with my code a bit to allow for a
>> longer wait; the drive is now recognized.  I'm going to play with
>> things a bit more and then send in a PR with the fix.
>
>This "fix" is simply not going to be acceptable as a general-purpose thing.  
>Not only will it cause us to potentially wait 31 seconds when no drive is 
>present again, but it will also reintroduce the problem of busy-waiting a 
>long time when a card is inserted.  It has to be done better.
>
I agree.  That's why I'm not going to commit my fix; I'll simply 
include it in the PR for people who have the problem.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb