linux-kernel - Re: Why aren't partitions limited to fit within the device?

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Message-ID: <20061017060536.GB30598@tuatara.stupidest.org>
Date:	Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:05:36 -0700
From:	Chris Wedgwood <cw@...f.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@...e.fr>, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, aeb@....nl,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: Why aren't partitions limited to fit within the device?

On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 11:54:32AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:

> Incidentally the question of exactly what libata should do about HPA
> handling also needs sorting out.

HPA isn't even uncommon, lots of laptops use it for recovery purposes
it seems.
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