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authorElias Oltmanns <eo@nebensachen.de>2008-07-16 20:33:48 +0200
committerBartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>2008-07-16 20:33:48 +0200
commitbb7ee9b1ec15358af870a81b0c6a03af29417f99 (patch)
treeedb8df39fb0f8d73ec517c4573257fcfea528d7d /Documentation/ioctl
parent3ef5eb424ebf0cd981192a416358fd707a9f959b (diff)
Update documentation of HDIO_DRIVE_RESET ioctl
Alter the entry for HDIO_DRIVE_RESET in Documentation/ioctl/hdio.txt to reflect a functional change in the driver. Besides, the entry has been inaccurate before. Signed-off-by: Elias Oltmanns <eo@nebensachen.de> Cc: "Alan Cox" <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: "Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ioctl/hdio.txt5
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/hdio.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/hdio.txt
index c19efdeace2..44d283d6b13 100644
--- a/Documentation/ioctl/hdio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ioctl/hdio.txt
@@ -511,9 +511,8 @@ HDIO_DRIVE_RESET execute a device reset
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.