From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steven Scholz Subject: Re: HPA and failed opcode was: 0x37 ? Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:26:06 +0100 Message-ID: <45C098EE.60101@imc-berlin.de> 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> <20070131133322.475a2273@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail.imc-berlin.de ([217.110.46.186]:2778 "EHLO mail.imc-berlin.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933252AbXAaN0J (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:26:09 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20070131133322.475a2273@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Cc: Sergei Shtylyov , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Alan wrote: >> 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. Ah. I see. > This essentially confirms your hardware or driver is bust. Ok. So the mean problem is that reading the HOB registers does not work ... Hmmm. -- Steven