sata_inic162x can't do LBA48 properly yet and is likely to corrupt data on drives larger than LBA28 limit. Disable LBA48 devices during device configuration. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) Index: work/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c =================================================================== --- work.orig/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c +++ work/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c @@ -496,6 +496,13 @@ static void inic_dev_config(struct ata_d /* inic can only handle upto LBA28 max sectors */ if (dev->max_sectors > ATA_MAX_SECTORS) dev->max_sectors = ATA_MAX_SECTORS; + + if (dev->n_sectors >= 1 << 28) { + ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_ERR, + "ERROR: This driver doesn't support LBA48 yet and may cause\n" + " data corruption on such devices. Disabling.\n"); + ata_dev_disable(dev); + } } static void init_port(struct ata_port *ap) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html