On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:11:33 +0300 Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > > >>why we have to check for ATA revision prior to that -- unless we're > >>trying to guard against pre ATA-3 values other than 0 or 0xFFFF. > > > Which we are. > > On what grounds? Note that ATA-3 only names 0 and 0xFFFF as inappropriate > values. On the grounds that there are devices that predate ATA-3 and that we should be robust. -- 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