Re: IDE ioctl documentation & a new ioctl

[Jeff Garzik]

Edward Falk wrote:
> And while I'm on the subject, we're getting ready to write a new hdio 
> ioctl, an extension of HDIO_DRIVE_CMD.  The intent here is to be 
> slightly more general-purpose than HDIO_DRIVE_CMD, with an eye to 
> supporting the full set of SMART functionality.  Current plan is to have 
> the user pass a struct containing a pointer to the argument list, a 
> pointer to the data buffer, and a data buffer length value.  Consider 
> this a design document; any comments and/or feature requests?

HDIO_DRIVE_TASK and flagged taskfiles should cover everything you need.

	Jeff


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