Any comments would be appreciated. This is a re-push of a patch I submitted 19 July which hasn't been merged as of 2.6.9-rc1-mm5/2.6.9-rc2. Description: msleep_interruptible() is used instead of pcd_sleep() to guarantee the task delays as expected. The defintion of pcd_sleep() is also removed. Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer --- kj-domen/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c | 12 +++--------- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/block/paride/pcd.c~msleep_interruptible-drivers_block_pcd drivers/block/paride/pcd.c --- kj/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c~msleep_interruptible-drivers_block_pcd 2004-12-25 01:34:40.000000000 +0100 +++ kj-domen/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c 2004-12-25 01:34:40.000000000 +0100 @@ -534,12 +534,6 @@ static int pcd_tray_move(struct cdrom_de position ? "eject" : "close tray"); } -static void pcd_sleep(int cs) -{ - current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE; - schedule_timeout(cs); -} - static int pcd_reset(struct pcd_unit *cd) { int i, k, flg; @@ -549,11 +543,11 @@ static int pcd_reset(struct pcd_unit *cd write_reg(cd, 6, 0xa0 + 0x10 * cd->drive); write_reg(cd, 7, 8); - pcd_sleep(20 * HZ / 1000); /* delay a bit */ + msleep_interruptible(20); /* delay a bit */ k = 0; while ((k++ < PCD_RESET_TMO) && (status_reg(cd) & IDE_BUSY)) - pcd_sleep(HZ / 10); + msleep_interruptible(100); flg = 1; for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) @@ -592,7 +586,7 @@ static int pcd_ready_wait(struct pcd_uni if (!(((p & 0xffff) == 0x0402) || ((p & 0xff) == 6))) return p; k++; - pcd_sleep(HZ); + msleep_interruptible(1000); } return 0x000020; /* timeout */ } _