Re: [RFC][PATCH] libata: enable SATA disk fua detection on default

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Hi Jeff,

Sorry for bothering you.  Could you please review this patch, or give me
some feedbacks.  If this patch can be applied, I can rebase it to the
lastest version of mainline kernel.  Thank you.

Regards,
Zheng

On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 11:24:03AM +0800, Zheng Liu wrote:
> From: Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Currently, SATA disk fua detection is disabled on default because most of
> devices don't support this feature at that time.  With the development of
> technology, more and more SATA disks support this feature.  So now we can enable
> this detection on default.
> 
> Although fua detection is defined as a kernel module parameter, it is too hard
> to set its value because it must be loaded and set before system starts up.
> That needs to modify initrd file.  So it is inconvenient for administrator who
> needs to manage a huge number of servers.
> 
> CC: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/ata/libata-core.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
> index 23763a1..3627251 100644
> --- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
> @@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ int atapi_passthru16 = 1;
>  module_param(atapi_passthru16, int, 0444);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(atapi_passthru16, "Enable ATA_16 passthru for ATAPI devices (0=off, 1=on [default])");
>  
> -int libata_fua = 0;
> +int libata_fua = 1;
>  module_param_named(fua, libata_fua, int, 0444);
> -MODULE_PARM_DESC(fua, "FUA support (0=off [default], 1=on)");
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(fua, "FUA support (0=off, 1=on [default])");
>  
>  static int ata_ignore_hpa;
>  module_param_named(ignore_hpa, ata_ignore_hpa, int, 0644);
> -- 
> 1.7.4.1
> 
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