From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Seyfried Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] libata: _GTF support Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 13:41:50 +0200 Message-ID: <20061009114150.GA32716@suse.de> References: <20060927223441.205181000@localhost.localdomain> <20060927153627.c931de2d.kristen.c.accardi@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060927153627.c931de2d.kristen.c.accardi@intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Kristen Carlson Accardi Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rdunlap@xenotime.net, jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 03:36:27PM -0700, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote= : > _GTF is an acpi method that is used to reinitialize the drive. It re= turns > a task file containing ata commands that are sent back to the drive t= o restore > it to boot up defaults. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi >=20 > --- > Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5=20 =20 > --- 2.6-mm.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > +++ 2.6-mm/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ parameter is applicable: > ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled. > ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled. > JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled. > + LIBATA Libata driver is enabled > LP Printer support is enabled. > LOOP Loopback device support is enabled. > M68k M68k architecture is enabled. > @@ -1013,6 +1014,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.=20 > emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor > is present. > =20 > + noacpi [LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume > + when set. > + Format: this will confuse users that already think they can disable ACPI with "= noacpi" (instead of "acpi=3Doff") and that already fight with "noapic". I have = seen too many confusions of this kind in bugreports. Couldn't it be made "libata=3Dnoacpi" like we have "pci=3Dnoacpi" alrea= dy? --=20 Stefan Seyfried QA / R&D Team Mobile Devices | "Any ideas, John?" SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, N=FCrnberg | "Well, surrounding them's out."= =20