Re: [PATCH 1/6] libata: separate out ata_dev_read_id()

[Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Tejun Heo wrote:
> 
>> Separate out ata_dev_read_id() from ata_dev_identify().  This is the
>> first half of splitting ata_dev_identify().  ata_dev_read_id() will
>> also be used for revalidation.  This patch does not make any behavior
>> change.
>>
>> ata_dev_read_id() doesn't modify any of libata-internal data
>> structures.  It simply reads IDENTIFY page and returns error code on
>> failure.  INIT_DEV_PARAMS and EDD wrong class code are also handled by
>> this function.
>>
>> Re-reading IDENTIFY after INIT_DEV_PARAMS is performed by jumping to
>> retry: instead of calling ata_dev_reread_id().  This is done because
>> 1. there's retry label anyway 2. ata_dev_reread_id() cannot be used
>> anywhere else so there's no reason to keep it.
>>
>> This function is probably the place to set transfer mode to PIO0
>> before IDENTIFY.  However, reset -> identify -> init_dev_params order
>> should be kept for pre-ATA4 devices so we cannot set transfer mode
>> before IDENTIFY for them.  How do we know if a device is post-ATA4
>> before IDENTIFY?
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
> 
> 
> applied 1-2, will get to the rest a bit later, after other work and some 
> testing of this work.

Hello, Jeff.

How is this going? Just checking as it's been more than a week.

-- 
tejun