Re: [git patches] libata update

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Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
>> Jeff Garzik wrote:
>>
>>> * Asynchronous notification -- finally userspace CD-ROM polling can go
>>> away!
>>>   (NOTE: waiting on James B to apply the piece that actually makes this
>>>   work...)
>>
>> Does it depend on hardware offering suitable support? What are chances
>> for
>> it to work on 5 years old DVD-ROM?
> 
> Correct -- it requires a new SATA CD-ROM with the AN capability.

And some SATA CD-ROMs lie about AN capability and sends nothing when
media event occurs.  Do we need to start a blacklist or whitelist?  :-)

-- 
tejun
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