From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-2.6.13-rc3] Mod15Write quirk against v2.6.13 Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 17:10:13 -0400 Message-ID: <4308EDB5.6060102@pobox.com> References: <1121894035.4885.15.camel@drevil.aslab.com> <20050728141242.GA10010@htj.dyndns.org> <4308D3D0.50504@pobox.com> <4308E7F4.3000509@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from zeus1.kernel.org ([204.152.191.4]:42441 "EHLO zeus1.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751096AbVHUVKS (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Aug 2005 17:10:18 -0400 Received: from mail.dvmed.net (mail.dvmed.net [216.237.124.58]) by zeus1.kernel.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j7LLAHmc023050 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:10:18 -0700 In-Reply-To: <4308E7F4.3000509@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tejun Heo Cc: Michael Madore , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, albertcc@tw.ibm.com Tejun Heo wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: >> Tejun Heo wrote: >>> Also, Jeff, I know you're very busy, but what do you think about >>> taking m15w workaround into ata tree? It's been around for a while >>> now and I haven't received any complaints (except for this one) yet. >>> The workaround is ugly but it surely helps and I'm willing to maintain >>> it. >> I think your mod15write solution is too messy to deal with long-term. >> Maintenance burden is much lower on us without it. It's not too >> difficult to simply avoid certain combinations of hardware. > No problem, I'll maintain it out of tree. You're welcome to maintain it as an independent branch of libata-dev.git, if you would prefer. >> Note! As Carlos @ Silicon Image points out, the blacklist should only >> apply to SiI 3112, not 3512/3114/etc. That's an open FIXME that would >> benefit users. > Cool, I'll submit a patch right away. Thanks, Jeff