* H. Peter Anvin [off-list ref] wrote:

On 02/03/2011 06:36 AM, Pavel Machek wrote:

quoted

Could we read the log area, first, verify it contains signature, write
it back?
								Pavel

Yes, but that doesn't guarantee no data corruption caused by handing
over from one driver to another.

Waiting a few seconds? Is there any sufficiently high number of X where waiting X 
seconds would make it safe to touch the hardware? (i.e. it would guarantee that 
pending commands are flushed, etc.)

Thanks,

	Ingo