Andre Hedrick wrote:
> One thing to ask, did you get an 0x51 , 0x04 error set prior to seeing the
> flush cache message error?

No.  I've attached the dmesg output from the system.  Look near the end 
of the file.  All I see are repeated "ide: no cache flush required." 
messages.  Often one right after another.  I can spawn another one by 
closing an IDE HD.  Is there something I can do to generate the 
0x51/0x04 error message set?  At this point the system hasn't entered 
production so I can still play with it.

> If not then those changes need to be stripped out as more proof of letting
> the device protect itself from properly formed commands.
> 
> The change to hid one noise maker pollutes another wrongly.

>>To me they seam like a candidate for output at a higher
>>debug level or ide specific debug.  They aren't a driver
>>setup, odd condition, or error message.