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Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 12:04:14 -0400
From: Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Configure IDE probe delays
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I agree that  >256 sectors will be a win, worth the
extra overhead because it will save subsequent overheads
of extra commands.

Which is why my original text (quoted by Alan) said:

On Mer, 2004-09-01 at 14:20, Mark Lord wrote:

 >> LBA48 is only needed when (1) the sector count is greater than 256,
 >> and/or (2) the ending sector number >= (1<<28).


Cheers
-- 
Mark Lord
(hdparm keeper & the original "Linux IDE Guy")
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