From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org,
"Andries E. Brouwer" <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@gmail.com>,
Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] partitions: add ->set_capacity block device method
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 09:42:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090606084247.GA19924@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090531143924.7164.25770.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain>
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 04:39:24PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
> 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@gmail.com>
> Cc: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
> Cc: "Andries E. Brouwer" <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-06-06 8:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-31 14:39 [PATCH 0/4] partitions/ide: improve Host Protected Area handling Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-05-31 14:39 ` [PATCH 1/4] partitions: warn about the partition exceeding device capacity Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-05-31 14:39 ` [PATCH 2/4] partitions: add ->set_capacity block device method Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-06-06 8:42 ` Al Viro [this message]
2009-05-31 14:39 ` [PATCH 3/4] ide-gd: implement block device ->set_capacity method Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-06-01 21:32 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-06-02 18:55 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2009-06-05 18:38 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-05-31 14:39 ` [PATCH 4/4] ide: preserve Host Protected Area by default Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-06-01 21:33 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-06-02 19:12 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2009-05-31 15:24 ` [PATCH 0/4] partitions/ide: improve Host Protected Area handling Andries E. Brouwer
2009-05-31 15:34 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-06-01 13:02 ` Greg Freemyer
2009-05-31 16:36 ` Alan Cox
2009-05-31 20:04 ` Frans Pop
2009-05-31 22:50 ` Andries E. Brouwer
2009-06-01 12:59 ` Greg Freemyer
2009-06-01 13:06 ` Alan Cox
2009-06-01 22:00 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
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