Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Apr 2008 18:37:41 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: Proposed patch for IDE missing commands |
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On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:03:16 +0200 Xavier <x.guimard@free.fr> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I'm working for the french Gendarmerie Nationale and we've decided to > publish our patch for the kernel that provides some missing IDE commands > to access to protected areas (HPA and DCO).
Code looks fine barring style oddities but - Almost all vendors are moving to libata - I don't understand why you cannot use the existing SG_IO interface to issue the needed commands without adding more kernel bits ?
Alan
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