Re: [PATCH 13/13] libata: Media rotation rate and form factor heuristics

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Martin K. Petersen wrote:
From: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>

This patch provides new heuristics for parsing both the form factor and
media rotation rate ATA IDENFITY words.

The reported ATA version must be 7 or greater and the device must return
values defined as valid in the standard.  Only then are the
characteristics reported to SCSI via the VPD B1 page.

This seems like a reasonable compromise to me considering that we have
been shipping several kernel releases that key off the rotation rate bit
without any version checking whatsoever.  With no complaints so far.

Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
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 drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c |   15 ++++++---------
 include/linux/ata.h       |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

applied, after dropping the NONROT bit as inappropriate for 2.6.30-rc (which is where I applied the rest)


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