Re: [PATCH libata-dev-2.6 1/3] Add CHS support

Jeff Garzik wrote:

3) In Promise's GPL'd driver for their SATA (w/ PATA) cards, they 
unconditionally execute the INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS command.  I 
wonder if we should do the same.

That command was *necessary* for certain drives at one time,
which refused all other commands until they received the IDP one.

Cheers
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Mark Lord
Real-Time Remedies Inc.
mlord@pobox.com