Re: ATA Passthru unimplemented protocols

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>]

Timothy Thelin wrote:
> I'm interested in soft reset (1) and return response information (15).  But
> I didn't know who was doing what or had plans for what, which is why the
> question was so general.  If I end up working on these two myself, I'd be
> nice to  coordinate with existing efforts rather than collide with them =)

Certainly!  Your question was just a bit vague :)

The soft reset would be especially nice to have, but would require a bit 
of work to synchronize with other devices on the bus (needed for PATA 
only, really).

Another line item that I would like to see happen is "flagged 
taskfiles", which allows the user to specify which shadow registers to 
touch and -- more importantly -- which not to touch.  This is important 
for vendor-specific commands (particularly older PATA devices).

	Jeff