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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>
Cc: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: implement HDIO_GET_IDENTITY
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:42:05 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45B85F4D.40004@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45B83CD1.9010801@rtr.ca>

Mark Lord wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> Tejun Heo wrote:
>>> 'hdparm -I' doesn't work with ATAPI devices and sg_sat is not widely
>>> spread yet leaving no easy way to access ATAPI IDENTIFY data.
>>> Implement HDIO_GET_IDENTITY such that at least 'hdparm -i' works.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
>>
>> applied
> 
> This patch is not necessary -- The SG_IO/ATA16 support patches replace it.
> 
> I believe Tejun and I were in agreement that proper
> ATA16 support for ATAPI was the better way to go.

I like both approaches.  I think direct support of HDIO_GET_IDENTITY can 
reduce the number of failure points, while making old tools work a bit 
better.


> I'll regenerate that one last (boot/modparm) patch
> that failed on upstream for you -- later this week.

Thanks,

	Jeff




  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-25  7:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-02 11:18 [PATCH 1/3] libata: straighten out ATA_ID_* constants Tejun Heo
2007-01-02 11:19 ` [PATCH 2/3] libata: use ata_id_c_string() Tejun Heo
2007-01-02 11:20   ` [PATCH] libata: implement HDIO_GET_IDENTITY Tejun Heo
2007-01-02 11:21     ` [PATCH *3/3*] " Tejun Heo
2007-01-02 17:47     ` [PATCH] " Mark Lord
2007-01-02 17:59       ` Tejun Heo
2007-01-02 18:18         ` Mark Lord
2007-01-02 21:52           ` Mark Lord
2007-01-08  2:29     ` Jeff Garzik
2007-01-08  4:00       ` Tejun Heo
2007-01-25  1:22     ` Jeff Garzik
2007-01-25  5:14       ` Mark Lord
2007-01-25  7:42         ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2007-01-09 10:42 ` [PATCH 1/3] libata: straighten out ATA_ID_* constants Jeff Garzik

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