From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH libata-dev-2.6] Issue INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS for
 CHS only devices
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:10:06 -0500
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Albert Lee wrote:
> 
>   If the device supports LBA, then IDP is not issued in my patch. Is 
> this OK?

It has been about a decade, but my memory vaguely suggests
that I tried that once before, and some LBA-capable drives
still required the IDP before they would function normally.

I think anything ATA-4 or later was fine, though.

Cheers
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Mark Lord
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