linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] libata: fallback to the other IDENTIFY on device error

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Message-ID: <20070507180547.GB4215@electro-mechanical.com>
Date:	Mon, 7 May 2007 14:05:47 -0400
From:	William Thompson <wt@...ctro-mechanical.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, Mark Lord <liml@....ca>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	albertcc@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: fallback to the other IDENTIFY on device error

On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 06:42:26PM +0200, Tejun Heo wrote:
> It seems the world isn't as frank as we thought and some devices lie
> about who they are.  Fallback to the other IDENTIFY if IDENTIFY fails
> with device error.  As this is the strategy used by IDE for a long
> time, it shouldn't cause too much problem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
> Cc: William Thompson <wt@...ctro-mechanical.com>
> ---
> Willam, please verify this fixes your problem.  Jeff, after all, we
> seem to need this.  :-(

Even though you have a different libata-core.c than I, the patch does work!
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