From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: thomas schorpp Subject: Re: FW: hdparm ATA Security Options return errors Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 21:02:08 +0200 Message-ID: <43612430.702@gmx.de> References: Reply-To: t.schorpp@gmx.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:62427 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751558AbVJ0TCf (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:02:35 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Timothy Thelin Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, liml@rtr.ca ok tim. your app works, except that no maximum security can be set on my old 20gb seagate (max supported) ata5 on kernel 2.6.13.4+passthrough...2.6.14-rc5-mm and drive status error handling is incomplete and gives one false ok message after some command... hdparm works too now, must be an issue on unlocking with NULL password i used for 1. test on the linux-ide list... tested with ata5-6 seagate/ibm desktop drives. enhanced erase not tested cause not supported by the drives. BTW: AMI Bios here freezes ata-security on at least ide0 PM drive on power on without any option to turn freeze off, THATS NOT VERY NICE cause this FORBIDS security use, i had to test on the sil680 controller :( y tom