Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269323AbUINLnG (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:43:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269302AbUINLkx (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:40:53 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:57532 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269314AbUINLi5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:38:57 -0400 Subject: Re: Changes to ide-probe.c in 2.6.9-rc2 causing improper detection From: Alan Cox To: Jens Axboe Cc: "C.Y.M." , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20040914111207.GR2336@suse.de> References: <20040914060628.GC2336@suse.de> <20040914070649.GI2336@suse.de> <20040914071555.GJ2336@suse.de> <1095156542.16570.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20040914111207.GR2336@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1095158149.16520.24.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:35:50 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1093 Lines: 23 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 - 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/