From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: ATA tape drive STT3401A needs DRQ HSM workaround too Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:30:46 +0900 Message-ID: <471C6DC6.7010109@gmail.com> References: <471C6C44.2030607@gmail.com> <20071022103157.5ec97ad6@the-village.bc.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.239]:1940 "EHLO nz-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750869AbXJVJa4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:30:56 -0400 Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so367376nze for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:30:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20071022103157.5ec97ad6@the-village.bc.nu> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Cox Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Mark Lord , Jeff Garzik , Albert Lee Alan Cox wrote: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:24:20 +0900 > Tejun Heo wrote: > >> Hello, all. >> >> There was a bug report involving ATA tape drive STT3401A and the drive >> also sets DRQ with device error and works correctly if the check is >> ignored. I saw patch implementing needed horkage. What's the plan >> here? Blacklist all tape drives or individual ones as they come up? > > After discussion with Jeff the horkage patch is going back into the > bitbucket and the state machine will be changed to consider the DRQ|ERR > case simply a device error. I sent a patch for that to Andrew just before > I left on holiday Alright, thanks. -- tejun