Re: [PATCH] barrier patch set

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Fri Mar 19 2004 - 19:20:10 EST


Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
The fact that spec says "supported" not "enabled" in description of word86
makes me wonder - can they be disabled? (FLUSH CACHE is mandatory for General
feature set and FLUSH CACHE EXT is mandatory if 48-bit LBA is supported)

IOW, "mandantory" isn't really mandantory, if you scale over time... Always check the identify-device feature bits before using a feature set :)

Jeff



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