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From: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [git patches] libata fixes
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:05:29 -0400
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On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 08:48:00AM +0100, Paul Rolland wrote:
> Would you agree to a patch to add a kernel boot parameter to skip some
> ata ports ?

It should in theory not be neccessary

> I found some archives refering to some "ataX=noprobe", but it seems
> to have no effect, and I'd like to resurrect it for libata, at least to
> help me support my configuration ?
> If no, I'll just cook it for me, without posting it...

If you get it working please post patches - theory and practice rarely agree 8)