From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Cox Subject: Re: IDE hackery: lock fixes and hotplug controller stuff Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 16:37:54 -0400 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040812203754.GE1087@devserv.devel.redhat.com> References: <20040810161911.GA10565@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <200408101916.17489.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> <20040810182353.GA17364@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <200408121912.35507.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> <20040812185614.GC866@devserv.devel.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:32983 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268775AbUHLUkR (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Aug 2004 16:40:17 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 09:46:56PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > Also aren't you the one who has made "ide-scsi" interface non-functional > by introducing ide_setting_sem, he? 8) > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2003/2/18/146 Yeah I also removed ide-scsi interface from the -ac patches in 2.4 8) > > I also have the it8212 working in smart but non raid now. Seems issuing an > > LBA 48 cache flush (0xEF) crashes the firmware which is why it died on load > > for some users. To do that I've added hwif->raw_taskfile() so that an > > interface can filter commands. > > Ouch, they should really fix this in the firmware. Agreed. I need to verify its not our fault yet. Either way it'll need to stay there because most people have older firmware. One thing I need to look at is how to find firmware versions as it seems 1.2 doesnt do LBA48 Alan