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Subject: Re: bitkeeper / IDE cleanup
To: dalecki@evision-ventures.com (Martin Dalecki)
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 14:26:42 +0000 (GMT)
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> HDIO_DRIVE_TASKFILE, which even by concept doesn't provide a true
> backdoor for "vendor specific" mess, due to the misguided attempts
> for command format parsing found there.

They are not misguided - they are done to enable users to filter SSSCA
disk hooks and other extremely unpleasant things like CPRM
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