Re: Changes to ide-probe.c in 2.6.9-rc2 causing improper detection

[Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>]

On Maw, 2004-09-14 at 12:12, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > Drive acked the command is all that proves. Maybe its a nop, maybe it
> > does it, maybe like the last time someone engaged in this kind of "lets
> > not check" approach it erases your firmware and leaves your CD-ROM drive
> > defunct as the Mandrake error of the same form did.
> 
> Alan, you are sounding like a broken record :)

Thats because someone else appears incapable of listening and learning
that issuing commands that may not be safe is not a good idea. I happen
to think users should be able to expect their hardware not to go boom

I've nothing against a well documented "actually I have a cache" option
with appropriate warnings (and of course possibly a whitelist if we can
get vendors to help). But one that like hdparm does bother to note when
you may be playing with fire.

Alan