> > I don't see why you think it's "hard". We have timeout handlers for many > > commands and those reset/abort just fine. > > They are different beasts from user-space initiated abort operation No they are not. They are the *same* thing in every respect. You have the drive in an unknown state, you want it back. If your drive lost a command due to noise or a firmware flaw you have no idea about the state it is actually in (supposed to be is irrelevant) Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html