From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: SATA HDD password problem Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:37:58 +0900 Message-ID: <47D482E6.40902@gmail.com> References: <47CE9264.1010600@garzik.org> <47CFBDB6.8040400@gmail.com> <47D0BC5A.9000208@gmail.com> <47D1E91D.8090704@gmail.com> <47D371F5.1020804@gmail.com> <47D3720D.7040004@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.237]:33407 "EHLO wx-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751267AbYCJAiH (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Mar 2008 20:38:07 -0400 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id h31so1629978wxd.4 for ; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:38:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: "Rus V. Brushkoff" Cc: Jeff Garzik , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Mark Lord Rus V. Brushkoff wrote: > On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Tejun Heo wrote: > > :Oh, and if it does, please post the result of "hdparm -I" after booting. > > Wow, with this patch all works like a sharm ! hdparm -I output attached. > If something has to be send for bogus acer phoenix bios writers - I can do > this dirty job with special pleasure ;) > > /dev/sda: > > ATA device, with non-removable media > Model Number: WDC WD2500BEVS-22UST0 > Serial Number: WD-WXEX07G90288 > Firmware Revision: 01.01A01 <--snip--> > Software settings preservation Yeap, the BIOS is turning off SSP explicitly. I wonder what the heck they tried to achieved by doing this. Definitely worth reporting to the vendor. Thanks. -- tejun