Re: [PATCH] Configure IDE probe delays

Mark Lord
2004-09-02T16:06:00Z

I agree that >256 sectors will be a win, worth the
extra overhead because it will save subsequent overheads
of extra commands.

Which is why my original text (quoted by Alan) said:

On Mer, 2004-09-01 at 14:20, Mark Lord wrote:

>> LBA48 is only needed when (1) the sector count is greater than 256,
>> and/or (2) the ending sector number >= (1<<28).

Cheers
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Mark Lord
(hdparm keeper & the original "Linux IDE Guy")