Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 6 Jun 2009 09:42:47 +0100 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/4] partitions: add ->set_capacity block device method |
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On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 04:39:24PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> > Subject: [PATCH] partitions: add ->set_capacity block device method > > * Add ->set_capacity block device method and use it in rescan_partitions() > to attempt enabling native capacity of the device upon detecting the > partition which exceeds device capacity. > > * Add GENHD_FL_NATIVE_CAPACITY flag to try limit attempts of enabling > native capacity during partition scan. > > Together with the consecutive patch implementing ->set_capacity method in > ide-gd device driver this allows automatic disabling of Host Protected Area > (HPA) if any partitions overlapping HPA are detected. > > Cc: Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@gmail.com> > Cc: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> > Cc: "Andries E. Brouwer" <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl> > Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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