Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161028AbVIBOfW (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Sep 2005 10:35:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161030AbVIBOfW (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Sep 2005 10:35:22 -0400 Received: from chiark.greenend.org.uk ([193.201.200.170]:35216 "EHLO chiark.greenend.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161028AbVIBOfU (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Sep 2005 10:35:20 -0400 To: Molle Bestefich Cc: ataraid-list@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: IDE HPA In-Reply-To: <62b0912f05090206331d04afd3@mail.gmail.com> References: <87941b4c05082913101e15ddda@mail.gmail.com> <200508300859.19701.tennert@science-computing.de> <87941b4c05083008523cddbb2a@mail.gmail.com> <1125419927.8276.32.camel@localhost.localdomain> <87941b4c050830095111bf484e@mail.gmail.com> <62b0912f0509020027212e6c42@mail.gmail.com> <1125666332.30867.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1125666332.30867.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> <62b0912f05090206331d04afd3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 15:35:18 +0100 Message-Id: From: Matthew Garrett Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 641 Lines: 16 Molle Bestefich wrote: > If HPA were exposed as /dev/.../hpa then it wouldn't be possible to > create such a filesystem. I'm guessing it's not possible with Windows > either, or with any BIOS-based OS. Such filesystems already exist. Changing this behaviour now would break existing setups. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.linux-rutgers.kernel@srcf.ucam.org - 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/