Re: [RFC][PATCH] libata: enable SATA disk fua detection on default

From: Arvydas Sidorenko
Date: Sun Sep 09 2012 - 16:34:11 EST


> Meanwhile there already has a number of SATA disks that have supported
> this feature. So I think maybe we can enable it.
>
> Regards,
> Zheng

Blindly enabling FUA by default in my opinion is not a good idea at all.
I believe the focus should be on detecting FUA support on the device
instead, which the kernel at this point cannot reliably do (is it possible?).

This patch introduced regression: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/8/27/66

Arvydas
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