Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270326AbTHBVKY (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Aug 2003 17:10:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270346AbTHBVKY (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Aug 2003 17:10:24 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:403 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270326AbTHBVKV (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Aug 2003 17:10:21 -0400 Subject: Re: ide-disk.c rev 1.13 killed CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE From: Alan Cox To: Andries Brouwer Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , axboe@suse.de, Erik Andersen , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030802174229.GA3741@win.tue.nl> References: <20030802124536.GB3689@win.tue.nl> <20030802174229.GA3741@win.tue.nl> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1059858379.20305.23.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 02 Aug 2003 22:06:19 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 809 Lines: 22 On Sad, 2003-08-02 at 18:42, Andries Brouwer wrote: > OK, so we have to investigate. This strange test was inserted > in 2.4 and 2.5 via Alan, and google gives me Alan's changelog: > > Linux 2.5.66-ac1 > o Don't issue WIN_SET_MAX on older drivers (Jens Axboe) > (Breaks some Samsung) Some older Samsung drives don't abort WIN_SET_MAX but the firmware hangs hence the check. > If possible we would like to remove the test and test the > right bits instead. But if that Samsung disk claims it > supports HPA and doesnt.. That would be better if it is the case - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/