Re: [Patch] SCSI: Retrieve Cache Mode Using SG_ATA_16 if normal routinefails

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Tue Oct 11 2011 - 09:42:32 EST


On 10/11/2011 06:41 AM, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
ATA_16 is a rather recent command, and most older drives simply can't
cope with this. Instead they just kick the error handler and go offline
eventually.

I tend to agree... there are a great many USB drives out there, and this has not really been tested with a large test selection, has it?

Jeff


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