Messages in this thread | | | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] libata: add warning about possible HPA compatibility issue | Date | Tue, 26 May 2009 00:36:17 +0200 |
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On Tuesday 26 May 2009 00:20:14 Alan Cox wrote: > > +static inline void ata_hpa_warn(unsigned long long first_sector, > > + unsigned long long last_sector) > > +{ > > + printk(KERN_WARNING "*** possible compatibility issue:\n" > > + "*** sectors %llu-%llu may be inaccessible\n" > > + "*** if Host Protected Area is used for filesystem data\n" > > + "*** (please refer to \"ignore_hpa\" module parameter)\n", > > + first_sector, last_sector); > > +} > > NAK - this is extremely misleading and will just randomly terrify users, > who may then set the paramater and corrupt things like BIOS save areas.
Please propose better description.
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