summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Documentation
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-16 23:53:54 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-16 23:53:54 +0200
commit42fdd144a40f3afaccaa7ea538268bad3596439e (patch)
tree9986c7f04682408fe1ad983297b0576f68387a68 /Documentation
parentMerge branch 'release-2.6.27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/gi... (diff)
parentIDE: Report errors during drive reset back to user space (diff)
downloadlinux-42fdd144a40f3afaccaa7ea538268bad3596439e.tar.xz
linux-42fdd144a40f3afaccaa7ea538268bad3596439e.zip
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6: (76 commits) IDE: Report errors during drive reset back to user space Update documentation of HDIO_DRIVE_RESET ioctl IDE: Remove unused code IDE: Fix HDIO_DRIVE_RESET handling hd.c: remove the #include <linux/mc146818rtc.h> update the BLK_DEV_HD help text move ide/legacy/hd.c to drivers/block/ ide/legacy/hd.c: use late_initcall() remove BLK_DEV_HD_ONLY ide: endian annotations in ide-floppy.c ide-floppy: zero out the whole struct ide_atapi_pc on init ide-floppy: fold idefloppy_create_test_unit_ready_cmd into idefloppy_open ide-cd: move request prep chunk from cdrom_do_newpc_cont to rq issue path ide-cd: move request prep from cdrom_start_rw_cont to rq issue path ide-cd: move request prep from cdrom_start_seek_continuation to rq issue path ide-cd: fold cdrom_start_seek into ide_cd_do_request ide-cd: simplify request issuing path ide-cd: mv ide_do_rw_cdrom ide_cd_do_request ide-cd: cdrom_start_seek: remove unused argument block ide-cd: ide_do_rw_cdrom: add the catch-all bad request case to the if-else block ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ioctl/hdio.txt7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/hdio.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/hdio.txt
index c19efdeace2c..91a6ecbae0bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/ioctl/hdio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ioctl/hdio.txt
@@ -508,12 +508,13 @@ HDIO_DRIVE_RESET execute a device reset
error returns:
EACCES Access denied: requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN
+ ENXIO No such device: phy dead or ctl_addr == 0
+ EIO I/O error: reset timed out or hardware error
notes:
- Abort any current command, prevent anything else from being
- queued, execute a reset on the device, and issue BLKRRPART
- ioctl on the block device.
+ Execute a reset on the device as soon as the current IO
+ operation has completed.
Executes an ATAPI soft reset if applicable, otherwise
executes an ATA soft reset on the controller.