linux-kernel - Re: What's in libata-dev.git

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Message-ID: <4505694D.5020304@garzik.org>
Date:	Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:49:01 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>
CC:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
Subject: Re: What's in libata-dev.git

Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
>    It's not likely I'll be able to try it. But I'm absolutely sure that 
> drive aborted the read commands with the sector count of 0 (i.e. 256 
> actually). The exact model was IBM DHEA-34331.
>    255 sectors actually seems more safe bet.

This sort of thing should be handled by quirks, depending on the 
controller and drive.

That's why I was asking for testing, to see if the current code already 
handles this.

	Jeff


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