linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Re: Linux v2.6.22-rc3

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Date:	Thu, 7 Jun 2007 23:39:59 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>, Gregor Jasny <gjasny@...glemail.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: Linux v2.6.22-rc3

On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 13:56:11 -0700 (PDT)
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Tejun Heo wrote:
> >
> > Ah.. okay.  Now I see what's going on.  Jeff, this is another device
> > which doesn't set nsect and lbal to 1 after reset.  Gregor, please try
> > the attached patch.
> 
> Tejun, since Jeff is apparently traveling this week, and Gregor tested the 
> patch successfully (and it looks sane anyway - why in Gods name _would_ we 
> care what the initial setting of nsect/lbal is?), can you send this in 

Its a sanity check, and if the vendors could get their chips right a good
one, but specs/toilet paper  usual story

> with the changelog and sign-off?
> 
> Maybe it can go through Andrew like the other patch (the sata_promise 
> irq/polling handling), but I can take it directly too. Whatever seems 
> best.

I'll certainly ACK it, and it also means I can drop a pending patch to
handle the IT8212 raid mode which also gets this wrong.

Alan
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