From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH alt4 v3] libata resume fixes Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 17:25:48 -0400 Message-ID: <4478C3DC.1040907@garzik.org> References: <20060527195847.GA28334@havoc.gtf.org> <20060527205213.GA30686@havoc.gtf.org> <4478BD18.6010908@rtr.ca> <4478C08B.60308@garzik.org> <4478C15E.5030500@rtr.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:13970 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964997AbWE0VZx (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 May 2006 17:25:53 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4478C15E.5030500@rtr.ca> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Lord Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org, randy_dunlap Mark Lord wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: >> Mark Lord wrote: >> >>> The ACPI patches have indeed been working here for over a year now, >>> on all kernels up to 2.6.15 --> not needed for 2.6.16. >> >> Long term they are definitely needed, if only for the case where a >> drive password has been set in BIOS. Otherwise when you resume, you >> won't be able to talk to your disk. Additionally the preferences >> (such drive acoustic settings) aren't reprogrammed, but that is of >> lesser importance. >> >> On laptops, the ACPI tables sometimes also hold special >> vendor-specific taskfiles to work around device-specific or >> drive-firmware-specific problems. > > Agreed, 100%. > > So why aren't they in yet? ;) Hey, I'm ready for them... Now that Tejun's EH work is done, the floodgates are open... Jeff