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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH 0/4] partitions/ide: improve Host Protected Area
From:       "Andries E. Brouwer" <Andries.Brouwer () cwi ! nl>
Date:       2009-05-31 22:50:31
Message-ID: 20090531225030.GB27422 () ub
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On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 10:04:11PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:

> I conclude the following from reading the patches:
> - a HPA is always at the end of a disk, correct?

I recall from the days of PARTIES and BEER the description
of the Address Offset Mode. If that is enabled, LBA 0 points
at the start of the Host Protected Area.

Andries



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