* [PATCH 3/3] ide: add warning about possible HPA compatibility issue
@ 2009-05-25 21:45 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
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From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz @ 2009-05-25 21:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-ide; +Cc: linux-kernel
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
---
drivers/ide/ide-disk.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
===================================================================
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -302,6 +302,16 @@ static const struct drive_list_entry hpa
{ NULL, NULL }
};
+static inline void ide_disk_hpa_warn(unsigned long long first_sector,
+ unsigned long long last_sector)
+{
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "\t*** possible compatibility issue:\n"
+ "\t*** sectors %llu-%llu may be inaccessible\n"
+ "\t*** if Host Protected Area is used for filesystem data\n"
+ "\t*** (please refer to \"ignore_hpa\" module parameter)\n",
+ first_sector, last_sector);
+}
+
static void idedisk_check_hpa(ide_drive_t *drive)
{
unsigned long long capacity, set_max;
@@ -330,8 +340,10 @@ static void idedisk_check_hpa(ide_drive_
capacity, sectors_to_MB(capacity),
set_max, sectors_to_MB(set_max));
- if (ide_ignore_hpa == 0)
+ if (ide_ignore_hpa == 0) {
+ ide_disk_hpa_warn(capacity, set_max - 1);
return;
+ }
set_max = idedisk_set_max_address(drive, set_max, lba48);
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