Tejun Heo wrote: > 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. > PING. Do you want me to separate out the blacklist patch for #upstream-fixes and commit HPA error handling reimplementation only into #upstream? -- 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
