From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: [PATCH #upstream-fixes 1/4] libata: fix device iteration bugs Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:21:47 -0500 Message-ID: <491DB3AB.7020306@rtr.ca> References: <6ca8fe89c868f95831328d31c27f9cdb@localhost> <1DE9BF42-39BB-4220-BDF0-62F14C854E77@it-loops.com> <4917DA12.8070307@kernel.org> <07a2f909b249db90ad6bfdddfdd17765@localhost> <49180B2E.6020604@kernel.org> <49184E1A.3010508@rtr.ca> <4918F1BC.2070602@kernel.org> <4919038B.8020407@rtr.ca> <49194E1C.9030800@ru.mvista.com> <3b5e4132a8abe8d67b4f1701a384a2d4@localhost> <491996D3.80805@rtr.ca> <4D5A0E9F-4931-449F-99F6-38C09C55983A@it-loops.com> <491A2F65.8030605@rtr.ca> <491A40AB.4070002@kernel.org> <90e002e7b2d47cad80ff952a2a81f0e7@localhost> <491A90BE.9030005@kernel.org> <1741f98465176fff86a1dda48fc965ac@localhost> <491AA18A.9090001@kernel.org> <491AA682.2000100@kernel.org> <491CE4A6.90802@rtr.ca> <5595676605432696d80b8394cfd8ae83@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rtr.ca ([76.10.145.34]:44529 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751664AbYKNRU7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:20:59 -0500 In-Reply-To: <5595676605432696d80b8394cfd8ae83@localhost> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Michael Guntsche Cc: Tejun Heo , Sergei Shtylyov , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox , Jeff Garzik Michael Guntsche wrote: > On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:38:30 -0500, Mark Lord wrote: > >> One more: Let's see "hdparm -N" for that drive >> (note to self: add -N functionality to -I someday..). > > /dev/sda: > max sectors = 66055248/15723600, HPA setting seems invalid > > Hmm, is the "HPA setting seems invalid" an indication that this drive is clamped? .. It's definitely clamped, but that output is a sign that you may need a newer version of hdparm -- could you try that again using hdparm-9.3 from sourceforge? Thanks