From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH] RESPIN: libata: add atapi_passthru=1 parameter Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:08:05 -0500 Message-ID: <45B15D65.1060203@garzik.org> References: <200701021939.10496.liml@rtr.ca> <459B438A.8070601@rtr.ca> <200701030101.09838.liml@rtr.ca> <200701030124.19568.liml@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]:53685 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932810AbXATAIH (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:08:07 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200701030124.19568.liml@rtr.ca> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Lord Cc: Linux IDE , Tejun Heo Mark Lord wrote: > On Wednesday 03 January 2007 01:01, Mark Lord wrote: >> .. >> This patch isn't really needed, but it might provide an "out" >> just in case somebody has some really non-compliant hardware >> out there someday. >> >> Add a boot/module parameter for libata to force the ATA_16 >> SCSI opcode to not be interpreted as a standards-compliant >> ATA passthrough mechanism when used on an ATAPI device >> -- instead, it gets passed directly to the ATAPI device. > > This version of the patch leaves ATA_16 enabled for non-ATAPI > regardless of the setting of the new module parm. Take your pick. > > Signed-off-by: Mark Lord ACK this version of the patch, but it does not apply to #upstream... Jeff