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Subject: Re: atacontrol kernel crash (atausb?)
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In message: <200701241254.51900.hselasky@c2i.net>
            Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> writes:
: Instead of having all these quirks, isn't it possible that the SCSI layer can 
: auto-probe this?

The short answer is no.  There's no reliable way to tell if a device
supports a given scsi command, and some devices freak out (lock up)
when sent one.

Warner