Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Changes to ide-probe.c in 2.6.9-rc2 causing improper detection | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:09:02 +0100 |
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On Maw, 2004-09-14 at 08:15, Jens Axboe wrote: > printf("issuing FLUSH_CACHE: "); > if (ioctl(fd, HDIO_DRIVE_TASK, args) == -1) > printf("failed 0x%x/0x%x!\n", args[0], args[1]); > else > printf("worked\n");
Drive acked the command is all that proves. Maybe its a nop, maybe it does it, maybe like the last time someone engaged in this kind of "lets not check" approach it erases your firmware and leaves your CD-ROM drive defunct as the Mandrake error of the same form did.
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