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Update documentation of HDIO_DRIVE_RESET ioctl
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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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Elias Oltmanns authored and Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz committed Jul 16, 2008
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Expand Up @@ -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.
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