Re: HPA patches

[Matthew Garrett]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 07:13:21PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> +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)");

I'm not sure I like the language here. "Ignore HPA" appears to mean 
"Explicitly disable the HPA", which I guess is one interpretation of 
"ignore" - however, naively I'd expect "Ignore HPA" to mean "Don't touch 
the HPA" with the result that it would remain inaccessible to userspace.

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