From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932572AbWJILn7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Oct 2006 07:43:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932571AbWJILn7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Oct 2006 07:43:59 -0400 Received: from ns1.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:59557 "EHLO mx1.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932569AbWJILn6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Oct 2006 07:43:58 -0400 Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 13:41:50 +0200 From: Stefan Seyfried To: Kristen Carlson Accardi Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rdunlap@xenotime.net, jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] libata: _GTF support Message-ID: <20061009114150.GA32716@suse.de> References: <20060927223441.205181000@localhost.localdomain> <20060927153627.c931de2d.kristen.c.accardi@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20060927153627.c931de2d.kristen.c.accardi@intel.com> X-Operating-System: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (i586), Kernel 2.6.18-9-default User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 03:36:27PM -0700, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote: > _GTF is an acpi method that is used to reinitialize the drive. It returns > a task file containing ata commands that are sent back to the drive to restore > it to boot up defaults. > > Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi > > --- > Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 > --- 2.6-mm.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > +++ 2.6-mm/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ parameter is applicable: > ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled. > ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled. > JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled. > + LIBATA Libata driver is enabled > LP Printer support is enabled. > LOOP Loopback device support is enabled. > M68k M68k architecture is enabled. > @@ -1013,6 +1014,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. > emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor > is present. > > + noacpi [LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume > + when set. > + Format: this will confuse users that already think they can disable ACPI with "noacpi" (instead of "acpi=off") and that already fight with "noapic". I have seen too many confusions of this kind in bugreports. Couldn't it be made "libata=noacpi" like we have "pci=noacpi" already? -- Stefan Seyfried QA / R&D Team Mobile Devices | "Any ideas, John?" SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nürnberg | "Well, surrounding them's out."