Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759632AbZDQJ2p (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:28:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755916AbZDQJ2h (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:28:37 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:36734 "EHLO www.etchedpixels.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754561AbZDQJ2g (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:28:36 -0400 Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:29:49 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Robert Nicholson Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Does the linux kernel contain support for ATA Security feature set? Message-ID: <20090417102949.6c2b663a@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.14.7; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 565 Lines: 15 > So does the Linux kernel support the ATA security set then? or does It supports pass through of ATA commands: See man hdparm > it, like OSX have protective measures to stop abuse of those features. The kernel doesn't but your BIOS or in some distributions early boot scripts may well issue a security freeze. Alan -- 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/