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DateMon, 9 Oct 2006 13:41:50 +0200
FromStefan Seyfried <>
SubjectRe: [patch 1/2] libata: _GTF support
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 03:36:27PM -0700, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote:
> _GTF is an acpi method that is used to reinitialize the drive. It returns
> a task file containing ata commands that are sent back to the drive to restore
> it to boot up defaults.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@intel.com>
>
> ---
> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5

> --- 2.6-mm.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ 2.6-mm/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
> ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled.
> ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
> JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
> + LIBATA Libata driver is enabled
> LP Printer support is enabled.
> LOOP Loopback device support is enabled.
> M68k M68k architecture is enabled.
> @@ -1013,6 +1014,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
> emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
> is present.
>
> + noacpi [LIBATA] Disables use of ACPI in libata suspend/resume
> + when set.
> + Format: <int>

this will confuse users that already think they can disable ACPI with "noacpi"
(instead of "acpi=off") and that already fight with "noapic". I have seen too
many confusions of this kind in bugreports.

Couldn't it be made "libata=noacpi" like we have "pci=noacpi" already?
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Stefan Seyfried
QA / R&D Team Mobile Devices | "Any ideas, John?"
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nürnberg | "Well, surrounding them's out."
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