On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 04:39:24PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [PATCH] partitions: add ->set_capacity block device method > > * Add ->set_capacity block device method and use it in rescan_partitions() > to attempt enabling native capacity of the device upon detecting the > partition which exceeds device capacity. > > * Add GENHD_FL_NATIVE_CAPACITY flag to try limit attempts of enabling > native capacity during partition scan. > > Together with the consecutive patch implementing ->set_capacity method in > ide-gd device driver this allows automatic disabling of Host Protected Area > (HPA) if any partitions overlapping HPA are detected. > > Cc: Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Frans Pop <elendil@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: "Andries E. Brouwer" <Andries.Brouwer@xxxxxx> > Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- 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
