Jeff Garzik wrote: > Tejun Heo wrote: >> Hello, >> >> The current HPA handling implementation isn't robust enough and causes >> regressions on several cases. This patchset contains HPA handling >> update. >> >> * blacklist devices which puke on READ_NATIVE_MAX >> * proper/better error handling - in most cases, HPA failure won't >> result in detection failure >> * re-read IDENTIFY data after resizing >> * more concise messages >> >> Tested by setting up HPA area manually. > > This is a bit big for 2.6.23-rc though :/ Agreed. We can probably just get away with ATA_HORKAGE_BROKEN_HPA patch for 2.6.23-rc but if we hit a device which is broken but isn't listed, libata will fail to detect the device, which is a pretty serious regression. -- tejun - 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
