Re: [PATCH #upstream-fixes 1/4] libata: fix device iteration bugs

[Michael Guntsche <mike@it-loops.com>]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:27:38 +0900, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> wrote:
> Hello,
> Yeap, it's working correctly now.

Good to know

> Does libata.ignore_hpa=1 help?

No it does not.

/proc/cmdline:
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auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=802 libata.ignore_hpa=1

dmesg:
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ata1.00: ATA-5: IC35L040AVER07-0, ER4OA45A, max UDMA/100
ata1.00: 66055248 sectors, multi 16: LBA
ata1.00: configured for MWDMA2
ata2.01: NODEV after polling detection
ata2.00: ATAPI: SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-408B, M300, max MWDMA2
ata2.00: configured for MWDMA2
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      IC35L040AVER07-0 ER4O PQ: 0 ANSI:
5
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 66055248 512-byte hardware sectors (33820 MB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't
support DPO or FUA
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 66055248 512-byte hardware sectors (33820 MB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't
support DPO or FUA

ibmsetmax:
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Using device /dev/sda
native max address: 66055247
that is 33820286976 bytes, 33.8 GB
lba capacity: 66055248 sectors (33820286976 bytes)

Kind regards,
Michael