[PATCH] ide: option to disable cache flushes for buggy drives
Some drives claim they support cache flushing, but get seriously
confused if you try. Add this option to be able to boot with
barriers enabled by default.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c
index 05fbd92..defd4b4 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@
const char *hd_words[] = {
"none", "noprobe", "nowerr", "cdrom", "serialize",
"autotune", "noautotune", "minus8", "swapdata", "bswap",
- "minus11", "remap", "remap63", "scsi", NULL };
+ "noflush", "remap", "remap63", "scsi", NULL };
unit = s[2] - 'a';
hw = unit / MAX_DRIVES;
unit = unit % MAX_DRIVES;
@@ -1578,6 +1578,9 @@
case -10: /* "bswap" */
drive->bswap = 1;
goto done;
+ case -11: /* noflush */
+ drive->noflush = 1;
+ goto done;
case -12: /* "remap" */
drive->remap_0_to_1 = 1;
goto done;