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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
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Subject: Re: disk system hangs on a VAX-750 with SI controller.
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Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 22:29:51 EST
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>I have considered going into the hp driver and modifying it so that
>there is a timeout on pending disk activity [...].  Has anyone tried
>this and will you send me the code if you have.

Look at vaxuba/rk.c (the RK07 driver); it has a watchdog timer.
Sometimes I think uba.c should have a generic watchdog timer.
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