> However, SATA or not, there simply isn't a way to abort commands in ATA. > Issuing random command while other commands are in progress simply is > state machine violation and there will be many interesting results > including complete system lockup (ATA controller dying while holding the > PCI bus). The only reliable way to abort in-flight commands are by > issuing hardreset. However, ATA reset protocol is not designed for > quick recovery. The machine is gonna hit the ground hard way before the > reset protocol is complete. Actually you cau can issue idle immediate on older ATA devices. I am not clear if that was stuck back into the current accelerometer friendly drives or not. Would need to check with IBLenovo -- 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
