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

[Alan Cox]

On Maw, 2004-09-14 at 12:43, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > I've nothing against a well documented "actually I have a cache" option
> > with appropriate warnings (and of course possibly a whitelist if we can
> > get vendors to help). But one that like hdparm does bother to note when
> > you may be playing with fire.
> 
> You should be able to turn on support from user space, if you so wish,
> if you know that the drive works.

No argument there at all. A whitelist would be nice also.

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