Dear all:
Comments:
1) Patches #1 and #2 look OK.
2) Patch #3 needs to be split up into three patches:
a) rename variables (s/sector/block/),
b) reorganize read/write translation
c) add CHS support
Happy lunar new year.
Attached pls find the split patch #3 for your review.
Patch
Mark Lord wrote:
Jeff Garzik wrote:
3) In Promise's GPL'd driver for their SATA (w/ PATA) cards, they
unconditionally execute the INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS command. I
wonder if we should do the same.
That command was *necessary* for certain drives at one time,
which refused all other
