>This is the patch to issue INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS >for CHS only devices.
That comment is not accurate. What the patch really does is issue the IDP command for devices predating ATA-4, regardless of whether they are CHS-only or not.
Correct behaviour, mind you. Just the comment appeared misleading.
Oh, and what is the "major_version" variable based on? I don't see it in 2.6.11-rc4, so it must be in the libata bk stuff.
For this usage to work, that variable has to be set from the drive IDENTIFY data, but with a precautionary check for drives (pre-ATA4) which may not set the version at all. I'm guessing this is already taken care of elsewhere in libata, right?
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