From: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>,
IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH #upstream-fixes] libata: implement libata.force_cbl parameter
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:19:59 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4784213F.4070203@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080108144004.30a18457@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Alan Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:19:38 +0900
> Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Implement libata.force_cbl parameter to work around incorrect PATA
>> cable detection.
>
> This seems to be a pretty hopeless hack as it assumes all your devices
> are on the same cable (most boxes now have SATA and PATA). If we are
> going to do this we need a way to specify which controller/device as we
> will do for geometry forcing and other stuff.
This only forces PATA controllers to certain cable type. It's a last
resort method for installation or live media - just enough to get things
going.
--
tejun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-09 1:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-08 13:19 [PATCH #upstream-fixes] libata: implement libata.force_cbl parameter Tejun Heo
2008-01-08 14:40 ` Alan Cox
2008-01-09 1:19 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2008-01-09 1:37 ` Alan Cox
2008-01-09 1:46 ` Tejun Heo
2008-01-09 3:05 ` Alan Cox
2008-01-09 5:07 ` Tejun Heo
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