linux-kernel - Re: [git patch] atang tree: enhanced SSD detection

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Date:	Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:08:21 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
CC:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [git patch] atang tree: enhanced SSD detection

On 02/21/2010 12:41 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> DISCLAIMER: the fact of getting patches merged into atang tree means
> that from now on they will be getting updates for changes happening
> in atang tree and it should not be treated as an indication regarding
> decisions taken by 'upstream' kernel trees
>
>
> Improve SSD detection so block layer optimizations can be applied
> to many more SSD devices.
>
>
> The following changes since commit 17c619273d412ed7b6120e448f87b2329457fc90:
>    Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz (1):
>          pata_oldpiix: enable parallel scan
>
> are available in the git repository at:
>
>    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/misc.git atang-v4.7
>
> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz (1):
>        libata: enhanced SSD detection
>
>   drivers/ata/libata-core.c |    3 +++
>   drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c |   18 ++++++++++--------
>   include/linux/libata.h    |    1 +
>   3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
>
> commit ded92e0d01fbb7f27bec7a35606847a2547e95e0
> Author: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz<bzolnier@...il.com>
> Date:   Sun Feb 21 18:31:18 2010 +0100
>
>      libata: enhanced SSD detection
>
>      Many SSD devices predate or just don't implement non-rotational
>      media type advertisement through the word 217 of the id block so
>      check also the product id for 'SSD' substring to automatically
>      detect SSD devices and apply relevant block layer optimizations.
>
>      This is based on earlier Jeff Garzik's patch from April 2009:
>      http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/7/495
>
>      While at it:
>      - cleanup ata_scsi_dev_config() a bit
>
>      Tested with ASUS-PHISON SSD devices found in Asus Eee 901.
>
>      Cc: Jeff Garzik<jeff@...zik.org>
>      Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz<bzolnier@...il.com>

Yes, I agree we need something like this.  I will review for atang 
dependencies, and then make sure it gets applied to upstream.

The previous discussion of this approach concluded weakly with "poor 
heuristic", but a better approach did not materialize.

One question, though:  why did you drop ata_id_is_ssd() test?

	Jeff



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