Re: Does the linux kernel contain support for ATA Security feature set?

Alan Cox
2009-04-17T09:28:45Z

> So does the Linux kernel support the ATA security set then? or does

It supports pass through of ATA commands: See man hdparm

> it, like OSX have protective measures to stop abuse of those features.

The kernel doesn't but your BIOS or in some distributions early boot
scripts may well issue a security freeze.

Alan