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Subject: Re: [Patch] SCSI: Retrieve Cache Mode Using SG_ATA_16 if normal routine
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On 10/11/2011 06:41 AM, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> ATA_16 is a rather recent command, and most older drives simply can't
> cope with this. Instead they just kick the error handler and go offline
> eventually.

I tend to agree...  there are a great many USB drives out there, and 
this has not really been tested with a large test selection, has it?

	Jeff