From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: libata: implement on-demand HPA unlocking Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:48:32 -0500 Message-ID: <4D52E180.6020908@garzik.org> References: <4D51A648.20707@cfl.rr.com> <20110209085935.GE6558@htj.dyndns.org> <4D52B0B3.40900@cfl.rr.com> <20110209153714.558133d7@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20110209153601.GJ3770@htj.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail-vw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.212.46]:57613 "EHLO mail-vw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750845Ab1BISsh (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Feb 2011 13:48:37 -0500 Received: by vws16 with SMTP id 16so298055vws.19 for ; Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:48:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20110209153601.GJ3770@htj.dyndns.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tejun Heo Cc: Alan Cox , Phillip Susi , Ben Hutchings , Jeff Garzik , IDE/ATA development list On 02/09/2011 10:36 AM, Tejun Heo wrote: > Agreed. We're screwed whether we unlock or leave it alone. I think > the best way is to export the original size via sysfs and always > unlock and let dmraid and whatever stuff which expects metadata at the > end use the bios size. Agreed... Jeff