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SubjectRe: Changes to ide-probe.c in 2.6.9-rc2 causing improper detection
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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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