From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932617AbVHOAxl (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:53:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932618AbVHOAxl (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:53:41 -0400 Received: from pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net ([81.228.11.98]:62657 "EHLO pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932617AbVHOAxl (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:53:41 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 02:53:34 +0200 From: Voluspa To: Alan Cox Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: IDE CD problems in 2.6.13rc6 Message-Id: <20050815025334.1f289ec2.voluspa@telia.com> In-Reply-To: <1124066229.29265.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20050815005101.26df083a.voluspa@telia.com> <1124066229.29265.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:37:08 +0100 Alan Cox wrote: > > We certainly could interpret 0x51, 0x04 specifically. Its not an "error" > in the usual spew at the user case generally speaking but a "do this" > "no" sequence. Its useful to log because sending unknown commands to an > IDE device is something we want to catch (some drives hang if you do it, > others do really *crazy* things). > > Would > > hdc: command not supported by drive > ide: failed opcode was: 0xec > > have been more helpful If it was clearly marked as "This is INFO, not a Warning". Most users I've met (myself included) are always expecting their hardware to crash and burn at the drop of a hat. Scary messages just confirm our anguish - especially when it's coming by way of the CD/HD system. Mvh Mats Johannesson --