Em Wed, 1 Aug 2007 01:12:26 +0100 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu: | On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:15:46 -0300 | "Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino" <lcapitulino@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | | > Em Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:04:14 -0300 | > "Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino" <lcapitulino@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu: | > | > | Since I've started using the pata_via driver in 2.6.22, I'm getting | > | zillions of these messages: | > | | > | """ | > | attempt to access beyond end of device | > | sda: rw=0, want=156367809, limit=156365903 | > | printk: 22 messages suppressed | > | Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 78183872 | | Does your disk have a host protected area set and if so are you telling | libata to disable it ? Ok, the disk has a host protected area and now I'm telling libata to disable it. The error messages has disappeared. But... Is it safe to do it? I've read somewhere that the BIOS and other softwares may use that area. Also, I remember that with the IDE driver I wasn't seeing that messages, which means either: it was disabling it by default or was just ignoring it. -- Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino - 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
