Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750758AbVIBR5D (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Sep 2005 13:57:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750768AbVIBR5C (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Sep 2005 13:57:02 -0400 Received: from styx.suse.cz ([82.119.242.94]:7100 "EHLO mail.suse.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750758AbVIBR5B (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Sep 2005 13:57:01 -0400 Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 19:57:08 +0200 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Alan Cox Cc: Molle Bestefich , Matthew Garrett , ataraid-list@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: IDE HPA Message-ID: <20050902175708.GA14384@midnight.suse.cz> References: <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> <62b0912f05090206331d04afd3@mail.gmail.com> <62b0912f05090209242ad72321@mail.gmail.com> <1125680712.30867.20.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1125680712.30867.20.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 651 Lines: 17 On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 06:05:12PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Gwe, 2005-09-02 at 18:24 +0200, Molle Bestefich wrote: > > I meant the BIOS setup screen, not a firmware update... > > Supposedly the BIOS can change the bounds of the HPA with special ATA commands.. > > I've yet to see a BIOS that exposed the functionality ThinkPads do let the user enable/disable it. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR - 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/