Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423131AbWJQGFj (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:05:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423132AbWJQGFj (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:05:39 -0400 Received: from smtp113.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.212]:15997 "HELO smtp113.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1423131AbWJQGFi (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:05:38 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:05:36 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Alan Cox Cc: Xavier Bestel , Neil Brown , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, aeb@cwi.nl, Jens Axboe Subject: Re: Why aren't partitions limited to fit within the device? Message-ID: <20061017060536.GB30598@tuatara.stupidest.org> References: <17710.54489.486265.487078@cse.unsw.edu.au> <1160752047.25218.50.camel@localhost.localdomain> <17714.52626.667835.228747@cse.unsw.edu.au> <1160983735.32674.4.camel@frg-rhel40-em64t-03> <1160996072.24237.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1160996072.24237.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 490 Lines: 12 On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 11:54:32AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Incidentally the question of exactly what libata should do about HPA > handling also needs sorting out. HPA isn't even uncommon, lots of laptops use it for recovery purposes it seems. - 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/