linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] libata: add human-readable error value decoding

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Message-ID: <46431D19.1070308@rtr.ca>
Date:	Thu, 10 May 2007 09:24:41 -0400
From:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>
To:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
Cc:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: add human-readable error value decoding

Tejun Heo wrote:
> Robert Hancock wrote:
>> This adds human-readable decoding of the ATA status and error registers
>> (similar
>> to what drivers/ide does) as well as the SATA Serror register to libata
...
> I'm not really convinced whether this is necessary.  The human readable
> form is also a bit cryptic and can get quite long.  So, mild NACK from me.

Same here, but I would like to see it in there under a CONFIG_DEBUG_LIBATA
kernel build option or something.  Kind of like the "FANCY_STATUS_DUMPS" flag
that drivers/ide used to have for this kind of stuff.

Cheers

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