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Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:02:38 +0100
From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: IDE ioctl documentation & a new ioctl
Cc: Edward Falk <efalk@google.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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Hi!

Documenting existing ioctls would be appreciated by many people...

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:07:55 -0500, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
> Edward Falk wrote:
> > And while I'm on the subject, we're getting ready to write a new hdio
> > ioctl, an extension of HDIO_DRIVE_CMD.  The intent here is to be
> > slightly more general-purpose than HDIO_DRIVE_CMD, with an eye to
> > supporting the full set of SMART functionality.  Current plan is to have
> > the user pass a struct containing a pointer to the argument list, a
> > pointer to the data buffer, and a data buffer length value.  Consider
> > this a design document; any comments and/or feature requests?
> 
> HDIO_DRIVE_TASK and flagged taskfiles should cover everything you need.

HDIO_DRIVE_TASKFILE for (flagged) taskfiles and commands requiring
data transfers.

Bartlomiej
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