From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: new tool: blktool Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:04:01 -0400 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <4124EB91.60706@rtr.ca> References: <411FD744.2090308@pobox.com> <4120E693.8070700@pobox.com> <4124C135.7050200@rtr.ca> <200408191751.19101.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> <4124E701.5020905@rtr.ca> <4124E9F6.6030000@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from cpu1185.adsl.bellglobal.com ([207.236.110.166]:11709 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266910AbUHSSFU (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:05:20 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4124E9F6.6030000@pobox.com> List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Linux Kernel , "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" >* I don't mind HDIO_DRIVE_TASK nearly as much as HDIO_DRIVE_CMD, >* since the command protocol is available. That's not HDIO_DRIVE_TASKFILE, by the way.. a different beast there. HDIO_DRIVE_TASK is just a slightly different form of HDIO_DRIVE_CMD for non-data commands (specifically, some SMART commands), with a more complete register set being exchanged. Cheers -- Mark Lord (hdparm keeper & the original "Linux IDE Guy")