[PATCH] ide: option to disable cache flushes for buggy drives

Some drives claim they support cache flushing, but get seriously
confused if you try. Add this option to be able to boot with
barriers enabled by default.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
This commit is contained in:
Jens Axboe 2006-07-28 08:54:59 +02:00
commit 361934849e
3 changed files with 6 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ static void update_ordered(ide_drive_t *drive)
* not available so we don't need to recheck that.
*/
capacity = idedisk_capacity(drive);
barrier = ide_id_has_flush_cache(id) &&
barrier = ide_id_has_flush_cache(id) && !drive->noflush &&
(drive->addressing == 0 || capacity <= (1ULL << 28) ||
ide_id_has_flush_cache_ext(id));

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@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ static int __init ide_setup(char *s)
const char *hd_words[] = {
"none", "noprobe", "nowerr", "cdrom", "serialize",
"autotune", "noautotune", "minus8", "swapdata", "bswap",
"minus11", "remap", "remap63", "scsi", NULL };
"noflush", "remap", "remap63", "scsi", NULL };
unit = s[2] - 'a';
hw = unit / MAX_DRIVES;
unit = unit % MAX_DRIVES;
@ -1578,6 +1578,9 @@ static int __init ide_setup(char *s)
case -10: /* "bswap" */
drive->bswap = 1;
goto done;
case -11: /* noflush */
drive->noflush = 1;
goto done;
case -12: /* "remap" */
drive->remap_0_to_1 = 1;
goto done;