Sounds like something that should be commented in the source code. IDE_TIMEOUT = 32; // 30 seconds per ATA specification +2 seconds thrown in for safety
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Kevin O'Connor <ke...@koconnor.net> wrote: > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 03:18:56AM +0000, Gonglei (Arei) wrote: > > IDE_TIMEOUT is defined 32s. But we encountered its timeout in > > some cases, and then loading disk failed in VM. In order to > > reduce the probability of timeout, we want to enlarge the > > IDE_TIMEOUT, such as 120s. We verified this modification worked > > for us. But we are wondering if this modification may cause other > > potential issues. Why set IDE_TIMEOUT to 32s? Thanks! > > The ATA specification specifies the maximum response time for many > commands to be 30 seconds. The extra 2 seconds were thrown in for > safety. > > -Kevin > > _______________________________________________ > SeaBIOS mailing list > SeaBIOS@seabios.org > http://www.seabios.org/mailman/listinfo/seabios >
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