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SubjectRe: libata git tree, mbox queue status and contents
> * Alan: IORDY handling -- upstream whenever Alan is happy

I'm happy with it from testing. Just a little worried about it going
upstream mid -rc as it could have a weird side effect somewhere. I've
verified an original pre ATA IDE drive with it too now 8)

> * Alan: ACPI checks for 80wire cable -- upstream whenever Alan is happy

Happy

> * Albert: irq_on/off. Really need to give this some thought. Not sure
> I like where this model is going. Polling and twiddling irq on/off
> should be kept to a minimum, because it's sorta an admission that the
> host state machine has broken down, and we need to bandaid. Its a
> bandaid not a root-cause solution.

I think of it more as an admission that the IDE design is lacking in a
few areas. No suprise as its an emulation of a 15 year old interface that
was normally used polled.

> * Ben Collins: cleanup HPA support. Need to review and see what's
> needed today, from this patch.

We need to track the HPA case Bartlomiej is working on with old IDE - one
drive out there is reporting its geometry wrong.
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