From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Cox Subject: Re: PATCH: allow ide-generic users to ask it to capture unknown devices Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 23:27:56 +0000 Message-ID: <1099697274.5567.76.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1099671737.5556.32.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200411052256.27303.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:34245 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261282AbUKFAas (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Nov 2004 19:30:48 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200411052256.27303.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Gwe, 2004-11-05 at 21:56, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > Why can't generic entry be just added at id 14 in generic_chipsets table? Because when someone adds an entry they'll break the driver. > What is the exact purpose of this patch? > > AFAICS this option allows users to use generic code for unknown/unsupported > devices which can result in unpredictable results (hangs, data corruptions). Correct but they must force it on by hand. It generates a printk to tell the user and so its obvious in any bug reports..