*   Tell sd_mod to correct the last sector number reported by read_capacity.
  *   Avoids access beyond actual disk limits on devices with an off-by-one bug.
  *   Don't use this with devices which don't have this bug.
+ *
+ * - override internal blacklist
+ *   Instead of adding to the built-in blacklist, use only the workarounds
+ *   specified in the module load parameter.
+ *   Useful if a blacklist entry interfered with a non-broken device.
  */
 static int sbp2_default_workarounds;
 module_param_named(workarounds, sbp2_default_workarounds, int, 0644);
        ", 36 byte inquiry = "    __stringify(SBP2_WORKAROUND_INQUIRY_36)
        ", skip mode page 8 = "   __stringify(SBP2_WORKAROUND_MODE_SENSE_8)
        ", fix capacity = "       __stringify(SBP2_WORKAROUND_FIX_CAPACITY)
+       ", override internal blacklist = " __stringify(SBP2_WORKAROUND_OVERRIDE)
        ", or a combination)");
 
 /* legacy parameter */
                workarounds |= SBP2_WORKAROUND_INQUIRY_36;
        }
 
-       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sbp2_workarounds_table); i++) {
-               if (sbp2_workarounds_table[i].firmware_revision &&
-                   sbp2_workarounds_table[i].firmware_revision !=
-                   (firmware_revision & 0xffff00))
-                       continue;
-               if (sbp2_workarounds_table[i].model_id &&
-                   sbp2_workarounds_table[i].model_id != ud->model_id)
-                       continue;
-               workarounds |= sbp2_workarounds_table[i].workarounds;
-               break;
-       }
+       if (!(workarounds & SBP2_WORKAROUND_OVERRIDE))
+               for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sbp2_workarounds_table); i++) {
+                       if (sbp2_workarounds_table[i].firmware_revision &&
+                           sbp2_workarounds_table[i].firmware_revision !=
+                           (firmware_revision & 0xffff00))
+                               continue;
+                       if (sbp2_workarounds_table[i].model_id &&
+                           sbp2_workarounds_table[i].model_id != ud->model_id)
+                               continue;
+                       workarounds |= sbp2_workarounds_table[i].workarounds;
+                       break;
+               }
 
        if (workarounds)
                SBP2_INFO("Workarounds for node " NODE_BUS_FMT ": 0x%x "