Update documentation of HDIO_DRIVE_RESET ioctl

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From: Linux Kernel Mailing List
Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 4:16 pm

Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bb7ee9...
Commit:     bb7ee9b1ec15358af870a81b0c6a03af29417f99
Parent:     3ef5eb424ebf0cd981192a416358fd707a9f959b
Author:     Elias Oltmanns <eo@nebensachen.de>
AuthorDate: Wed Jul 16 20:33:48 2008 +0200
Committer:  Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
CommitDate: Wed Jul 16 20:33:48 2008 +0200

    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>
---
 Documentation/ioctl/hdio.txt |    5 ++---
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/hdio.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/hdio.txt
index c19efde..44d283d 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.
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