Re: IDE problems with rmmod ide-cd

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz (bzolnier_at_gmail.com)
Date: 04/28/05

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To: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>

    On 4/28/05, Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> wrote:
    > On Thu, Apr 28 2005, Alan Cox wrote:
    > > If you rmmod ide-cd in 2.6.12rc3 it issues a cache flush command to the
    > > drive. Thankfully the bogus command this time is an ATAPI cache flush
    > > not an ATA one so won't do any major harm but its still wrong as the
    > > device is not a writer or packet mode capable (its a random DVD reader
    > > holding a music CD)
    >
    > The problem you are thinking of was also an ATAPI cache flush command,
    > so I'm not so sure I would call it harmless... I haven't changed
    > anything in there recently, Bart?

    I don't remember changing anything there recently.
    Alan, please give more details of the issue.

    Bartlomiej
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