Problem with ATA driver on pc386

[Angelo Fraietta]

Chris Johns wrote:

> Angelo Fraietta wrote:
>
>>
>> It definitately locks up. I can't wait for 30 seconds anyway so i 
>> will need a way of defining that I don't want to even look for it on 
>> the primary
>>
>
> Sure 30sec is a little long these days, but it would be good to know 
> if the driver recovers. Would it be possible to leave it for a few 
> minutes and see what happens ?

It is definitaly locked. I waited about 5 minutes before and just waited 
an hour on the second time. You have to physically remove the device to 
make it fail.

>
> Using a different controller is a BSP issue and more like a feature 
> request than a bug.
>
I don't  know. The function is is libchip/ata.c

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