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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH libata-dev-2.6 1/3] Add CHS support
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 10:00:51 -0500
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To: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com>
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Mark Lord wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> 3) In Promise's GPL'd driver for their SATA (w/ PATA) cards, they 
>> unconditionally execute the INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS command.  I 
>> wonder if we should do the same.
> 
> 
> That command was *necessary* for certain drives at one time,
> which refused all other commands until they received the IDP one.

Except IDENTIFY DEVICE, presumably?

Thanks,

	Jeff