linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]: libata-scsi: Don't start hotplug work queue if hotplug is disabled

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:40:17 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	chunbo.luo@...driver.com
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jeff@...zik.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: libata-scsi: Don't start hotplug work queue if	hotplug
 is	disabled

Chunbo Luo wrote:
>> And this message has nothing to do with SCSI.  It's printed by libata
>> proper for several drivers which don't support ATAPI.  Did the patch
>> really kill the warning messages?  Can you please post full boot log
>> from 2.6.26 w/o the patch?
> 
> If the drivers don't support ATAPI, the hotplug task cannot find linked device,
> and it will start the hotplug task again. Which will print messages continously 
> like this.
> 
> ----------
> ata3.00: WARNING: ATAPI is not supported with this driver, device ignored.
> ata3.00: WARNING: ATAPI is not supported with this driver, device ignored.
> ata3.00: WARNING: ATAPI is not supported with this driver, device ignored.
> ata3.00: WARNING: ATAPI is not supported with this driver, device ignored.
> ...
> ------------
> 
> We should find a way to avoid this kind of noisy warning messages.
> 
> This patch cannot kill the warning messages, but it can avoid the
> duplicate warning messages.

Hmmm... yeah, indeed.  That check is located at rather strange place.
Can you please test the attached patch?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

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