#7 Outdated reference to CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL

[Alex Mestiashvili]

In some cases hdparm complains about lack of CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL.

trying legacy HDIO_DRIVE_TASKFILE
+ The running kernel lacks CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL support for this device.

Here are the detailed bug reports:
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=906964
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hdparm/+bug/1095361
Can you please comment on this? Is this legacy IOCTL still required on never (>2.6) kernels?

Thank you,
Alex

[Mark Lord]

I think that both of these people are trying to use advanced SATA commands over a USB connection. The USB drivers do not implement the "missing" IOCTL --> it is very specific to libata and the IDE stack.

Cheers