From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: fallback to the other IDENTIFY on device error, take#2 Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 18:10:14 -0400 Message-ID: <4644E9C6.60004@garzik.org> References: <20070427175205.GD7809@electro-mechanical.com> <4635C35D.1020807@gmail.com> <20070430202107.GF5942@electro-mechanical.com> <4636C2C7.8090206@gmail.com> <20070501121703.GH5942@electro-mechanical.com> <46373AEE.6070908@rtr.ca> <20070501131818.GA18521@electro-mechanical.com> <46374354.7040307@gmail.com> <20070501172117.GA20328@electro-mechanical.com> <463F56F2.3010106@gmail.com> <4642627A.4030606@garzik.org> <46446311.3000208@gmail.com> 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]:43589 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758487AbXEKWKT (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 May 2007 18:10:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: <46446311.3000208@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tejun Heo Cc: William Thompson , Mark Lord , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, IDE/ATA development list , albertcc@tw.ibm.com Tejun Heo wrote: > It seems the world isn't as frank as we thought and some devices lie > about who they are. Fallback to the other IDENTIFY if IDENTIFY is > aborted by the device. As this is the strategy used by IDE for a long > time, it shouldn't cause too much problem. > > Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo > Cc: William Thompson > --- > Updated to fallback iff IDENTIFY is aborted by the device. applied