Re: [PATCH #upstream-fixes 1/4] libata: fix device iteration bugs

[Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>]

Guntsche Michael wrote:
> 
> On Nov 15, 2008, at 5:17, Mark Lord wrote:
> 
>> Mark Lord wrote:
>>> Which is odd, because google tells me that
>>> the IC35L040AVER07-0 really is a 40GB drive.
>>> Mmm..
> 
> I found the problem Mark and I am SOOOOOO sorry for wasting your time here.
> Your remark about the drive being 40GB made me think about it again. As 
> you know this is a quite old router that's running here.
> When moving to 2.6 I also replaced the IBM disk with a new one (had 
> several of them lying around back then).
> The first one was CLAMPED with ibmsetmax. During the install of the new 
> harddisk I clamped the new one with the JUMPERS on the DRIVE ond not 
> with ibmsetmax.
> I know remember that back then I thought that this would easier and more 
> hassle free.
> The libata stack, hdparm and everything else is working correctly it's 
> the drive that's reporting 32GB!!!!!!!
..

Ahh.. that's better.  Thanks for figuring this one out for us all!

Cheers