linux-kernel - Re: Problem with ata layer in 2.6.24

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Message-ID: <479E9A70.6090108@rtr.ca>
Date:	Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:16:00 -0500
From:	Mark Lord <liml@....ca>
To:	Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...il.com>
Cc:	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>, Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux ide Mailing list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Problem with ata layer in 2.6.24

Gene Heskett wrote:
..
> That's ok, dd seemed to do the job also.
..

The two programs operate entirely differently from each other,
so it may still be worth trying the make_bad_sector utility there.

dd goes through the regular kernel I/O calls,
whereas make_bad_sector sends raw ATA commands
directly (more or less) to the drive.

-ml
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