Re: Changes to ide-probe.c in 2.6.9-rc2 causing improper detection

[Jens Axboe]

On Tue, Sep 14 2004, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Maw, 2004-09-14 at 08:15, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > 	printf("issuing FLUSH_CACHE: ");
> > 	if (ioctl(fd, HDIO_DRIVE_TASK, args) == -1)
> > 		printf("failed 0x%x/0x%x!\n", args[0], args[1]);
> > 	else
> > 		printf("worked\n");
> 
> Drive acked the command is all that proves. Maybe its a nop, maybe it
> does it, maybe like the last time someone engaged in this kind of "lets
> not check" approach it erases your firmware and leaves your CD-ROM drive
> defunct as the Mandrake error of the same form did.

Alan, you are sounding like a broken record :)

-- 
Jens Axboe

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