Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:11:08 +0100 | From | Stefan Richter <> | Subject | Re: [stable] [PATCH 1/2] sd: fix memory corruption by sd_read_cache_type |
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Al Viro wrote: > Speaking of sbp2 problems... Why the _hell_ are we blacklisting on > firmware revision alone? Especially with entries like "all firmware > with 2.<whatever> as version is broken"...
The firmware_revision CSR key value has so far been a good method to guesstimate the bridge chip. I don't know a better one.
> Case in point: Initio bridge, firmware revision 2.21. Couldn't care > less about long INQUIRY, doesn't need skip_ms_page_8, *DOES* need > correctly detected cache type. ...
I agree.
I posted an improved blacklisting patch a few days ago. Among other small cleanups, I removed skip_ms_page_8 from the Initio blacklist entry. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux1394-devel&m=114065678722190 -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-==- --=- ==-=- http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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