Re: [PATCH 2/2] libata: turn off NCQ if queue depth is adjusted to 1

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On Wed, Oct 04 2006, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 04 2006, saeed bishara wrote:
> > the NCQ commands contain the FUA (force unit access) field
> > (mandatory), so disabling the NCQ will waste this feature.
> > I don't know how much ans when this feature is usuable, but someday it
> > can be usefull.
> 
> It's already useful, for io barriers. Yet another reason why the
> distinction between depth == 1 and NCQ needs to available.

Ehm, I completely missed the bigger picture - non-ncq has FUA available
too. So NCQ or not has no bearing on FUA functionality.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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