Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262181AbVD1RZu (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:25:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262182AbVD1RZu (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:25:50 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:63114 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262181AbVD1RZq (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:25:46 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:25:42 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Alan Cox Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: IDE problems with rmmod ide-cd Message-ID: <20050428172541.GN1876@suse.de> References: <1114706653.18330.212.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1114706653.18330.212.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 781 Lines: 19 On Thu, Apr 28 2005, Alan Cox wrote: > If you rmmod ide-cd in 2.6.12rc3 it issues a cache flush command to the > drive. Thankfully the bogus command this time is an ATAPI cache flush > not an ATA one so won't do any major harm but its still wrong as the > device is not a writer or packet mode capable (its a random DVD reader > holding a music CD) The problem you are thinking of was also an ATAPI cache flush command, so I'm not so sure I would call it harmless... I haven't changed anything in there recently, Bart? -- Jens Axboe - 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/