Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:00:09 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHSET] block,scsi,libata: implement alt_size |
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Tejun Heo wrote: > Hello, > > Jeff Garzik wrote: >> <shrug> I suppose... >> >> It just seems like a nasty hack, but unfortunately I don't see >> anyone stepping up to do it properly -- with a DM device >> automatically layered on top that splits the device into separate >> regions: one block device for the 'regular' area, and one for the >> HPA. > > Isn't that more hacky? I don't know. All that dm needs to know is > the location of the metadata which is located w.r.t. the end of the > device which might be at a different location if BIOS tried to pull > silly stunts. So, exporting the size BIOS might have used seems like > a straight forward solution to me.
"<shrug> I suppose" is basically a reluctant ack, in the absence of other solutions :)
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