Re: Kernel bug crashing in HDIO_DRIVE_TASKFILE

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>]

On Wednesday 25 February 2009, Mark Lord wrote:
> Norman Diamond wrote:
> ..
> > Does anyone know when this bug was added?  2.6.19 is too old for my needs,
> > but the range 2.6.24 to 2.6.26 might be OK if they had taskfiles working.
> > Maybe I should look for a Slax version that had a kernel from 2.6.24 or so,
> > since I can probably customize it in a single day by now.  But if the bug
> > was already present in 2.6.24 then it would be a waste of time.
> ..
> 
> Heh.. the question could be more like, does anyone know which few kernels
> that HDIO_DRIVE_TASKFILE ever worked completely on?  :)
> 
> I know I have to patch drivers/ide rather heavily to get a working,
> reliable HDIO_DRIVE_TASKFILE on it.
> 
> Much better is to move to libata, and use ATA_16 with SG_IO,
> for a standard, working way of doing this kind of stuff.

While SG_IO is definitely better way to go submitting your
HDIO_DRIVE_TASKFILE patches wouldn't hurt...

Thanks,
Bart