From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751500Ab0CPXtd (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:49:33 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:58131 "EHLO mail.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751048Ab0CPXtb (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:49:31 -0400 X-User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----R4P7GXUBOJY3GGG2REK2WVOLNBAU4H" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: ATA 4 KiB sector issues. From: "H. Peter Anvin" Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:21:51 -0700 To: Ric Wheeler , Tejun Heo CC: James Bottomley , Denys Vlasenko , Arnd Bergmann , "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" , lkml , Daniel Taylor , Jeff Garzik , Mark Lord , tytso@mit.edu, hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp, Andrew Morton , Alan Cox , irtiger@gmail.com, Matthew Wilcox , aschnell@suse.de, knikanth@suse.de Message-ID: <6af388e7-e313-4212-86c8-30ffa327411c@email.android.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ------R4P7GXUBOJY3GGG2REK2WVOLNBAU4H Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 VGhlIG9ubHkgcmVhc29uIEkgc2VlIHRvIGNhcmUgYWJvdXQgQ0hTIGF0IGFsbCBpcyB0aGF0IHRo ZXJlIGFyZSBzeXN0ZW1zIGluIHRoZSBmaWVsZCB3aGljaCBjYW4gb25seSBib290IGZyb20gVVNC IGluIENIUyBtb2RlLCBhbmQgd2hpY2ggb2Z0ZW4gbG9vayBhdCB0aGUgTUJSIHBhcnRpdGlvbiB0 YWJsZSB0byBndWVzcyB0aGUgZ2VvbWV0cnkuICBPZiBjb3Vyc2UsIHNvbWUgdGhlbiAqcmVwb3J0 KiB0aGUgZGV0ZWN0ZWQgZ2VvbWV0cnkgYnV0IGRvbid0ICp1c2UqIHRoZSBkZXRlY3RlZCBnZW9t ZXRyeS4uLgoKIlJpYyBXaGVlbGVyIiA8cndoZWVsZXJAcmVkaGF0LmNvbT4gd3JvdGU6Cgo+T24g MDMvMTYvMjAxMCAxMTozNyBBTSwgVGVqdW4gSGVvIHdyb3RlOg0KPj4gSGVsbG8sDQo+Pg0KPj4g T24gMDMvMTcvMjAxMCAxMjoyMyBBTSwgSmFtZXMgQm90dG9tbGV5IHdyb3RlOg0KPj4gICAgDQo+ Pj4+IFNvLCB1c2luZyBjdXN0b20gZ2VvbWV0cnkgZG9lc24ndCBoZWxwIGNvbXBhdGliaWxpdHkg YXQgYWxsLg0KPj4+PiAgICAgICAgDQo+Pj4gT3VyIHBhcnRpdGlvbmluZyB0b29sIHN0aWxsIG9i ZXkgdGhlIGludGVncmFsIGN5bGluZGVyIHJ1bGUgLi4uIHdlIGNhbg0KPj4+IGFyZ3VlIGFib3V0 IHdoZXRoZXIgdGhleSBzaG91bGQsIGJ1dCB3aGF0IHdlIG5lZWQgaXMgYSBzdHJhdGVneSBmb3IN Cj4+PiBmaXhpbmcgd2hhdCBpcyByYXRoZXIgdGhhbiB3aGF0IHNob3VsZCBiZS4NCj4+PiAgICAg IA0KPj4gVGhlIHVwZGF0ZWQgb25lcyBkb24ndCBhbnltb3JlLiAgVGhleSBqdXN0IGFsaWduIHRv IDFNaUIgKyB3aGF0ZXZlcg0KPj4gdGhlIGRyaXZlIHJlcXVlc3RzIGZvciBvZmZzZXQgKHRoZSBv ZmZzZXQtYnktb25lIHRoaW5nKS4gIFRoZXkgd2lsbA0KPj4gYmFzaWNhbGx5IGJlaGF2ZSB0aGUg c2FtZSBhcyB3aW5kb3dzIHZpc3RhLzcgb25lcywgc28gaXQncyBhbHJlYWR5DQo+PiBmaXhlZC4g IFdoYXQgd2UgY2FuIGFyZ3VlIGlzIHdoZXRoZXIgYWRkaW5nIENIUyB0cmlja3Mgb24gdG9wIHRv IG1ha2UNCj4+IHRob3NlIGxhcmdlciBhbGlnbm1lbnRzIHNvbWV3aGF0IG1lYW5pbmdmdWwgdy8g Q0hTIGludGVycHJldGF0aW9uIHRvbywNCj4+IHdoaWNoIEknbSBvYmplY3Rpbmcgb24gdGhlIGdy b3VuZCB0aGF0IGl0IGRvZXNuJ3QgaGVscCBjb21wYXRpYmlsaXR5DQo+PiBhdCBhbGwuDQo+Pg0K Pj4gVGhhbmtzLg0KPj4NCj4+ICAgIA0KPg0KPkRyb3BwaW5nIGFueSBtZW50aW9uIG9mIENIUyBz ZWVtcyB0byBiZSB0aGUgb25seSBzZW5zaWJsZSB0aGluZy4gV2h5IA0KPndhc3RlIGFueSB0aW1l IHRvIGNvbnRpbnVlIHNvbWUgbXl0aCBhYm91dCBkcml2ZXMgdGhhdCBubyBtb2Rlcm4gDQo+aGFy ZHdhcmUgc3VwcG9ydHMgKGFuZCB0aGVuIGhhdmUgdGhlIGpveSBvZiBleHBsYWluaW5nIHRoYXQg dG8gdXNlcnMpPw0KPg0KPlRhbGtpbmcgYWJvdXQgaXQgb25seSBjb25mdXNlcyBwZW9wbGUgYW5k IGluIHRoZSB3b3JzdCBjYXNlLCBjb3VsZCBjYXVzZSANCj50aGVtIHRvIG1pc2FsaWduIHRoZWly IHBhcnRpdGlvbnMgYnkgY2xpbmdpbmcgdG8gdGhlc2UgcHJldGVuZCBib3JkZXJzIDotKQ0KPg0K PnJpYw0KPg0KCi0tClNlbnQgZnJvbSBteSBtb2JpbGUgcGhvbmUsIHBhcmRvbiBhbnkgbGFjayBv ZiBmb3JtYXR0aW5nLg== ------R4P7GXUBOJY3GGG2REK2WVOLNBAU4H--