> However, "lshw" disregards the "use_192_bytes_for_3f" attribute and > transmits data with a length of 0xff bytes via ioctl, which can cause > some hard drives to hang and become unusable. I am really not a fan of using in-kernel workarounds to intercept passthrough commands. Why does does lshw perform a MODE SENSE in the first place? What information is it looking for that isn't available in sysfs? -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering
