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Message-ID: <20070223120845.19203fcb@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:08:45 +0000
From: Alan <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: pcmcia - spot slave decode flaws (for testing)
> Code looks OK. Not applied due to "for testing" note.
>
> General comment: it might be nice to do this in the core, just as a
> sanity check for a variety of problems, past, present and future.
We tried that with old IDE and all hell broke loose. Lots of virtual disk
stuff and raid volumes have non-unique serial numbers. We even found a
case of identically serial numbered Maxtor drives.
It needs to stay in pcmcia, which is the only place we've seen the
duplication.
Alan
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