The SCSI-to-ATA Translation standard says to use data words 25 and 26 unless they are spaces. For devices that use these words in the firmware field, they are generally more useful anyway. Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx> --- v1 -> v2: Use words 25 and 26 by default, strncmp for spaces and fall back to the original. Added a comment to explain what the heck is happening. drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c index ef8567d..72691fd 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c @@ -1993,7 +1993,11 @@ static unsigned int ata_scsiop_inq_std(struct ata_scsi_args *args, u8 *rbuf) memcpy(rbuf, hdr, sizeof(hdr)); memcpy(&rbuf[8], "ATA ", 8); ata_id_string(args->id, &rbuf[16], ATA_ID_PROD, 16); - ata_id_string(args->id, &rbuf[32], ATA_ID_FW_REV, 4); + + /* From SAT, use last 2 words from fw rev unless they are spaces */ + ata_id_string(args->id, &rbuf[32], ATA_ID_FW_REV + 2, 4); + if (strncmp(&rbuf[32], " ", 4) == 0) + ata_id_string(args->id, &rbuf[32], ATA_ID_FW_REV, 4); if (rbuf[32] == 0 || rbuf[32] == ' ') memcpy(&rbuf[32], "n/a ", 4); -- 1.7.10.4 -- 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