Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:25:42 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: IDE problems with rmmod ide-cd |
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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?
-- Jens Axboe
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