From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH libata-dev-2.6] Issue INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS for
 CHS only devices
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:35:30 -0500
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Cc: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com>, Albert Lee <albertcc@tw.ibm.com>, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>, Doug Maxey <dwm@maxeymade.com>, IDE Linux <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>

>> 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.

So..

if (ATA < 4 || !lba_capable)
     issue IDP command
else
     no need for IDP command


Cheers