From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PATCH: allow ide-generic users to ask it to capture unknown devices
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 23:27:56 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1099697274.5567.76.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200411052256.27303.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl>
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..
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-06 0:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-05 16:22 PATCH: allow ide-generic users to ask it to capture unknown devices Alan Cox
2004-11-05 21:56 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-11-05 23:27 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2004-11-06 0:46 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-11-06 0:52 ` Alan Cox
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