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Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:29:30 +0100 From: Andreas Leitgeb <avl@...ic.at> To: Alan <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: avl@...ic.at, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Allow turning off hpa-checking. On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 07:59:40PM +0000, Alan wrote: > > 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. Please re-read my previous mail. I *explicitly* wrote that I'm talking about drives, whose "reserved pool of extra/spare sectors" was already exhausted. Considering that: still incorrect? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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