On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 07:02:00PM +0000, Charles M. Hannum wrote:
> It's really NOT acceptable to poll here -- this creates conditions where the 
> system can wedge for a long period (e.g. inserting a CF card).  It is also 

Not with the kernel thread changes I commited today.

> not necessary in order to implement this algorithm.  You can poll the 
> "alternate status" register without clearing the interrupt, and let the 

No. The alternate status register isn't available from all controllers,
so we can't use it.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@nerim.net>
     NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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