Re: [PATCH] libata: reduce ATA command timeout to 7secs

[Ric Wheeler <ric@emc.com>]

Alan wrote:
>> generic PC market, as opposed to "RAID edition" or "MaxLine" or
>> similar branding from other vendors, where the firmware may have been
>> specifically optimized for quicker command completion, quicker status
>> reporting and less exhaustive error recovery.  Many linux users I
> 
> Is there a way to detect RAID drives with this kind of timing, or does
> someone need to take a baseball bat into the standards committee meeting
> and add an identify field that gives command and "long command" timeouts
> in seconds ?

We figure it out by testing lots & lots of drives ;-)

> 
> If we can detect the "fast fail" drives (initially by say ident string
> components) lets do it and the people who care can buy the right product
> for the job.

I don't think that there is any kind of feature field...

> 
> Alan
>