Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262192AbTEHWwh (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2003 18:52:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262210AbTEHWwh (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2003 18:52:37 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:58761 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262192AbTEHWwg (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2003 18:52:36 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5 ide 48-bit usage From: Alan Cox To: Jens Axboe Cc: Linus Torvalds , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030508163441.GG20941@suse.de> References: <20030508161600.GE20941@suse.de> <20030508163441.GG20941@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1052431594.13567.30.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 08 May 2003 23:06:35 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 576 Lines: 18 On Iau, 2003-05-08 at 17:34, Jens Axboe wrote: > Might not be a bad idea, drive->address_mode is a heck of a lot more to > the point. I'll do a swipe of this tomorrow, if no one beats me to it. We don't know if in the future drives will support some random mask of modes. Would drive->lba48 drive->lba96 drive->.. be safer ? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/