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    libata: Handle drives that require a spin-up command before first access · 169439c2
    Mark Lord 提交于
    (S)ATA drives can be configured for "power-up in standby",
    a mode whereby a specific "spin up now!" command is required
    before the first media access.
    
    Currently, a drive with this feature enabled can not be used at all
    with libata, and once in this mode, the drive becomes a doorstop.
    
    The older drivers/ide subsystem at least enumerates the drive,
    so that it can be woken up after the fact from a userspace HDIO_*
    command, but not libata.
    
    This patch adds support to libata for the "power-up in standby"
    mode where a "spin up now!" command (SET_FEATURES) is needed.
    With this, libata will recognize such drives, spin them up,
    and then re-IDENTIFY them if necessary to get a full/complete
    set of drive features data.
    
    Drives in this state are determined by looking for
    special values in id[2], as documented in the current ATA specs.
    Signed-off-by: NMark Lord <mlord@pobox.com>
    Signed-off-by: NJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
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