Re: [PATCH v2] libata: disable a disk via libata.force params

2013-12-16 Thread Tejun Heo
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 09:31:19AM -0800, Robin H. Johnson wrote: > A user on StackExchange had a failing SSD that's soldered directly onto > the motherboard of his system. The BIOS does not give any option to > disable it at all, so he can't just hide it from the OS via the BIOS. > > The old IDE

[PATCH v2] libata: disable a disk via libata.force params

2013-12-16 Thread Robin H. Johnson
A user on StackExchange had a failing SSD that's soldered directly onto the motherboard of his system. The BIOS does not give any option to disable it at all, so he can't just hide it from the OS via the BIOS. The old IDE layer had hdX=noprobe override for situations like this, but that was never

[PATCH v2] libata: disable a disk via libata.force params

2013-12-16 Thread Robin H. Johnson
A user on StackExchange had a failing SSD that's soldered directly onto the motherboard of his system. The BIOS does not give any option to disable it at all, so he can't just hide it from the OS via the BIOS. The old IDE layer had hdX=noprobe override for situations like this, but that was never

Re: [PATCH v2] libata: disable a disk via libata.force params

2013-12-16 Thread Tejun Heo
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 09:31:19AM -0800, Robin H. Johnson wrote: A user on StackExchange had a failing SSD that's soldered directly onto the motherboard of his system. The BIOS does not give any option to disable it at all, so he can't just hide it from the OS via the BIOS. The old IDE