linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] Introduce ata_id_has

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Message-ID: <20080726170136.144f51b0@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:01:36 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Elias Oltmanns <eo@...ensachen.de>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] Introduce ata_id_has_unload()

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:24:35 +0200
Elias Oltmanns <eo@...ensachen.de> wrote:

> Add a function to check an ATA device's id for head unload support as
> specified in ATA-7.

If a feature is new in ATA 7 you should also check the ATA version is >=7
in the tests. Just in case some prehistoric device has it down for a
different purpose.

Alan
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