From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758535AbWK0TyJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:54:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758424AbWK0TyJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:54:09 -0500 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:54478 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758535AbWK0TyI (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:54:08 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:59:40 +0000 From: Alan To: avl@logic.at Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Allow turning off hpa-checking. Message-ID: <20061127195940.1b90a897@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20061127182943.GE2352@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> References: <20061121115117.GU6851@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20061121120614.06073ce8@localhost.localdomain> <20061122105735.GV6851@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20061123170557.GY6851@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20061127130953.GA2352@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20061127133044.28b8b4ed@localhost.localdomain> <20061127160144.GB2352@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20061127163328.3f1c12eb@localhost.localdomain> <20061127175647.GD2352@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20061127181033.58e72d9a@localhost.localdomain> <20061127182943.GE2352@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.8.20; 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 X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > size remains still constant, and the exceeding damaged sectors are > auto-"hidden" by the drive by means of HPA. > > Still incorrect? Still incorrect. HPA has nothing to do with damaged sectors. The damaged sectors are replaced from a pool of sectors that are reserved for this purpose. Alan