Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269578AbUINQSb (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 12:18:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269511AbUINQSZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 12:18:25 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:3006 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269474AbUINQPz (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 12:15:55 -0400 Subject: Re: Changes to ide-probe.c in 2.6.9-rc2 causing improper detection From: Alan Cox To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Mark Lord , Jens Axboe , "C.Y.M." , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <41471366.1070103@pobox.com> References: <20040914060628.GC2336@suse.de> <1095156346.16572.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <41470BBD.7060700@pobox.com> <20040914152509.GA27892@suse.de> <41470F3A.1060308@rtr.ca> <414710AA.80706@rtr.ca> <41471366.1070103@pobox.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1095174382.16988.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:06:23 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 625 Lines: 16 On Maw, 2004-09-14 at 16:51, Jeff Garzik wrote: > if (ata version < 4) > return not-supported > if (wbcache-enabled or have-flush-cache or have-flush-cache-ext) > return supported > return not-supported I like Mark's approach. Its a heuristic but it feels a sane one. What we really need to know of course is what Redmond does because thats the standard by order of Bill. - 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/