From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Subject: Re: HPA and failed opcode was: 0x37 ? Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:33:22 +0000 Message-ID: <20070131133322.475a2273@localhost.localdomain> References: <45BF5003.3000503@imc-berlin.de> <20070130164401.295f9913@localhost.localdomain> <45BF7658.1090204@imc-berlin.de> <20070130172629.70ad628d@localhost.localdomain> <45BF7E21.7010605@imc-berlin.de> <20070130180727.594b35d0@localhost.localdomain> <45BF88B9.3050802@imc-berlin.de> <45BF8F33.3070008@ru.mvista.com> <45C066A8.2090500@imc-berlin.de> <45C09089.7070300@ru.mvista.com> <45C093CF.3020702@imc-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:40551 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933248AbXAaNVe (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:21:34 -0500 In-Reply-To: <45C093CF.3020702@imc-berlin.de> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Steven Scholz Cc: Sergei Shtylyov , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org > I just connected the HDD in question to a PC and the kernel there DID NOT > detect a HPA! Funny enough the output of cat /proc/ide/hdb/identify is > different. Shouldn't it be the same!? No they will be different because the PC hardware works properly. We'll read both sizes realize they are the same and thus not report an HPA. This essentially confirms your hardware or driver is bust. Alan