From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: ata4.00: failed to get Identify Device Data, Emask 0x1 Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:44:28 -0500 Message-ID: <50A67B7C.4090608@pobox.com> References: <20121016144932.GA24044@aftab.osrc.amd.com> <20121016155824.00d5b618@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> <20121016151830.GB24044@aftab.osrc.amd.com> <507E0C1A.1010705@intel.com> <507E392E.2010305@gmail.com> <507E5671.6070504@intel.com> <43EB3AB3EEFE8D43B525F4D2EAF507E107EA8AA9@SCYBEXDAG03.amd.com> <43EB3AB3EEFE8D43B525F4D2EAF507E107EF3D53@SCYBEXDAG04.amd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail-vb0-f46.google.com ([209.85.212.46]:60879 "EHLO mail-vb0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752547Ab2KPRoc (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:44:32 -0500 In-Reply-To: <43EB3AB3EEFE8D43B525F4D2EAF507E107EF3D53@SCYBEXDAG04.amd.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: "Huang, Shane" Cc: Aaron Lu , Robert Hancock , Borislav Petkov , Alan Cox , "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" , LKML On 11/16/2012 11:02 AM, Huang, Shane wrote: >> I tried word 78 bit 5(Hardware Feature Control) which does not work, >> it is 0 on my HDD sample with log 30h page 08h and DevSlp supported. >> >> Seems that word 78 bit 5 is only the sufficient condition, not the >> essential condition. Do you guys have suggestion? > > Eventually I received the confirmation from the DevSlp HDD vendor, > bit 5 should be and will be set in production drives with log 30h > page 08h supported. So I will submit a patch to use it instead. > > > Hi Jeff, > > I don't know when I will receive some production drives to verify > my patch, are you okay if I submit my patch first without testing > so as to meet kernel 3.7 bug fix window? Yes, please do. Jeff