linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HPA support: Revised patch

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Date:	Thu, 5 Apr 2007 21:18:03 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@...-owl.de>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kyle@...onical.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HPA support: Revised patch

> > +static int ata_ignore_hpa = 0;
> > +module_param_named(ignore_hpa, ata_ignore_hpa, int, 0644);
> > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(ignore_hpa, "Ignore HPA (0=off 1=on)");
> > +
> >  static int ata_probe_timeout = ATA_TMOUT_INTERNAL / HZ;
> >  module_param(ata_probe_timeout, int, 0444);
> >  MODULE_PARM_DESC(ata_probe_timeout, "Set ATA probing timeout (seconds)");
> 
> For ignore_hpa, it would be nice to not go through inverse logic and
> fix the help text a bit (0=honor HPA, 1=ignore HPA).

Umm.. how about  "preserve_hpa" ?

Alan
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