From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Xavier <x.guimard@free.fr>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Proposed patch for IDE missing commands
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 18:37:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080403183741.736fde6c@the-village.bc.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47F47324.80108@free.fr>
On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:03:16 +0200
Xavier <x.guimard@free.fr> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm working for the french Gendarmerie Nationale and we've decided to
> publish our patch for the kernel that provides some missing IDE commands
> to access to protected areas (HPA and DCO).
Code looks fine barring style oddities but
- Almost all vendors are moving to libata
- I don't understand why you cannot use the existing SG_IO interface to
issue the needed commands without adding more kernel bits ?
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-07 20:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-03 6:03 Xavier
2008-04-03 9:28 ` Boris Petkov
2008-04-03 10:20 ` Frans Pop
2008-04-03 15:25 ` Stefan Richter
2008-04-03 15:42 ` Boris Petkov
2008-04-03 17:37 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2008-04-07 15:45 ` Mark Lord
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