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Subject: Using ATAPI 6 "SET MAX EXT" Command and HDIO_DRIVE_CMD ioctl
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 18:39:26 -0700
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Thread-Topic: Using ATAPI 6 "SET MAX EXT" Command and HDIO_DRIVE_CMD ioctl
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From: "David Christensen" <David_Christensen@Phoenix.com>
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Is there a way to issue the ATAPI 6 "SET MAX EXT" command using the HDIO_DRIVE_CMD ioctl?  As of 2.4.18 kernel, there doesn't seem to be a way to write the high order bytes to the IDE controller to implement the command for a 48bit LBA drive.  Would HDIO_DRIVE_TASKFILE work instead?

David Christensen
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