Re: [PATCH 2.6.22.1] libata: Adjust libata to ignore errors after spinup

[Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>]

Mark Lord wrote:
> Ryan Power wrote:
> > From: Ryan Power <rpower@sysreset.com>
> >
> > Adjust libata to ignore errors after spinup
> >
> > This patch is to ignore errors from the spinup attempt if the drive is
> > in the "standby id" state.
>
> Jeff / Tejun:  here is Ryan's patch for his WD drive spinup problems.
> This copy has the pathnames and whitespace repaired.

Mmm.. Thunderbird-2.x seems to no longer keep my whitespace intact,
even when using the external editor plugin.. 

Hopefully this one (posted with thunderbird-1.5 + exteditor.xpi) works:

Signed-off-by: Ryan Power <rpower@sysreset.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com>
---
Index: linux/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
--- old/drivers/ata/libata-core.c   2007-07-10 12:56:30.000000000 -0600
+++ linux/drivers/ata/libata-core.c       2007-07-15 01:58:49.000000000 -0600
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ int ata_dev_read_id(struct ata_device *d
		tf.protocol = ATA_PROT_NODATA;
		tf.flags |= ATA_TFLAG_ISADDR | ATA_TFLAG_DEVICE;
		err_mask = ata_exec_internal(dev, &tf, NULL, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0);
-		if (err_mask) {
+		if (err_mask && id[2] != 0x738c) {
			rc = -EIO;
			reason = "SPINUP failed";
			goto err_out;

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