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-rw-r--r--drivers/ata/libata-eh.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 6d8757008318..c1d0170a6585 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -95,12 +95,13 @@ enum {
* represents timeout for that try. The first try can be soft or
* hardreset. All others are hardreset if available. In most cases
* the first reset w/ 10sec timeout should succeed. Following entries
- * are mostly for error handling, hotplug and retarded devices.
+ * are mostly for error handling, hotplug and those outlier devices that
+ * take an exceptionally long time to recover from reset.
*/
static const unsigned long ata_eh_reset_timeouts[] = {
10000, /* most drives spin up by 10sec */
10000, /* > 99% working drives spin up before 20sec */
- 35000, /* give > 30 secs of idleness for retarded devices */
+ 35000, /* give > 30 secs of idleness for outlier devices */
5000, /* and sweet one last chance */
ULONG_MAX, /* > 1 min has elapsed, give up */
};