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From: Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: James Courtier-Dutton <James@superbug.demon.co.uk>,
	linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.15-rc1] libata: fix passthru for slave devices
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 21:48:01 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4376A961.5070401@rtr.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <437685F3.6080801@pobox.com>

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Mark Lord wrote:
> 
>> This patch forces a correct master/slave unit bit
>> when sending libata commands via SCSI passthru.
>> The bit is left as-is for ports which do not
>> support slave devices.
...
> also, I would think you'd want to ditch the ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS test. 
> Otherwise userspace could pass an invalid bit through unimpeded.

No.  Since that bit is currently "undefined" for SATA,
vendors may find a use for it in vendor-specific commands.
Thus, pass it through unless the lower level drive says
that it supports SLAVES.

Cheers

  reply	other threads:[~2005-11-13  2:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-11-12 10:55 libata-passthrough problem James Courtier-Dutton
2005-11-12 15:18 ` Mark Lord
2005-11-12 17:57   ` Jeff Garzik
2005-11-12 19:53     ` Mark Lord
2005-11-12 19:56       ` Mark Lord
2005-11-12 23:19         ` Jeff Garzik
2005-11-12 23:54           ` [PATCH 2.6.15-rc1] libata: fix passthru for slave devices Mark Lord
2005-11-12 23:55             ` [PATCH 2.6.15-rc1] libata: fix comments on ata_tf_from_fis() Mark Lord
2005-11-13  0:15             ` [PATCH 2.6.15-rc1] libata: fix passthru for slave devices Jeff Garzik
2005-11-13  2:50               ` Mark Lord
2005-11-13  3:20                 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-11-13  4:37                   ` Mark Lord
2005-11-13  0:16             ` Jeff Garzik
2005-11-13  2:48               ` Mark Lord [this message]
2005-11-13  3:04             ` Mark Lord
2005-11-13  3:11               ` Mark Lord
2005-11-12 23:19       ` libata-passthrough problem Jeff Garzik
2005-11-12 23:40         ` Mark Lord
2005-11-13 15:13           ` James Courtier-Dutton
2005-11-13 17:01             ` Mark Lord
2005-11-13 17:03               ` Mark Lord
2005-11-13 20:17                 ` James Courtier-Dutton

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