>>>>> "Shaun" == Shaun Tancheff <shaun@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Shaun, Shaun> SATA drives may support write same via SCT. This is useful for Shaun> setting the drive contents to a specific pattern (0's). index 428c03e..c5c8424 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/pm_runtime.h> #include <linux/pr.h> +#include <linux/ata.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> #include <asm/unaligned.h> No ATA stuff in sd.c, please. @@ -2761,24 +2762,26 @@ static void sd_read_write_same(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, unsigned char *buffer) { struct scsi_device *sdev = sdkp->device; - if (sdev->host->no_write_same) { - sdev->no_write_same = 1; - - return; - } - if (scsi_report_opcode(sdev, buffer, SD_BUF_SIZE, INQUIRY) < 0) { - /* too large values might cause issues with arcmsr */ - int vpd_buf_len = 64; - sdev->no_report_opcodes = 1; /* Disable WRITE SAME if REPORT SUPPORTED OPERATION * CODES is unsupported and the device has an ATA * Information VPD page (SAT). */ The above comment tells you how to enable WRITE SAME in libata's SCSI-ATA translation. - if (!scsi_get_vpd_page(sdev, 0x89, buffer, vpd_buf_len)) + if (!scsi_get_vpd_page(sdev, 0x89, buffer, SD_BUF_SIZE)) That vpd_buf_len is intentional. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering -- 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