From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/14] ahci: add softreset
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:36:07 -0500
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To: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
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Tejun Heo wrote:
> Now that libata is smart enought to handle both soft and hard resets,
> add softreset method.

I'm a bit skeptical that polling is what should be done here.  SATA is 
inherently event-driven...

	Jeff