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

[Alan <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>]

> 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 ?

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.

Alan